The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), a government agency attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA), has called itself “financially fit” after consistently booking higher income throughout the COVID-19 pandemic up to the first quarter of this year. In a statement, PFDA...
Living in a foreign country is a different experience for everyone. For Christian Facun, 41, and his wife Marilou Santos-Facun, 37, living in Rome, Italy have made them experience celebrating special occasions alone due to clashing work schedules. Sometimes, they would accidentally meet in...
At least seven industry groups in the Philippines are calling for the liberalization of agriculture sector to secure food supplies. The groups, led by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, Inc. (AmCham) and Cold Chain Association of the Philippines, Inc. (CCAP), said they...
There is a need for food systems to be "fair, healthy, and environment friendly," civil society organizations from across Asia and Europe said. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) During the webinar dubbed, "Tech to Fork: Resisting the Neoliberal Domination in Agriculture amid COVID...
Transportation costs for crops will be drastically reduced once the 4.9-kilometer agricultural road carved atop the mountainous municipality of Banaue in Ifugao is completed, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. CARVED OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN-- The 4.9-kilometer Viewpoint-San Fernando...
CHANGSHA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned for developing the first hybrid rice strain that relieved countless people of hunger, died of organ failure at 91 on Saturday. The top rice scientist passed away in a hospital in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, at about 1...
By ANTONIO G. PAPA, Ph.D. Costales Nature Farms in Barangay Gagalot, Majayjay, Laguna is a certified organic agriculture farm and a well-known farm tourism destination in the country. Would you believe that this farm has more than 4,000 visitors, both local guests and foreign tourists, per month...
Auro Chocolate is an award-winning Filipino chocolate brand that sources cacao beans from farmers in Davao. The company works directly with five cocoa-producing cooperatives and 50 individual farmers, representing over a thousand families. Read: Empowering local farmers through chocolate Ira...
“Where could we focus our efforts to ensure healthy, fair, and sustainable food systems?,” is the question that speakers from different sectors answered in a webinar that’s part of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 entitled, “#GoodFood4All: Spare a minute, think before you eat.” The...
Amid efforts to hasten economic recovery from the blow of the pandemic, President Duterte has invited Japanese businessmen to invest in the country's agriculture and digital economy sectors. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Addressing the virtual international conference...
The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has completed an irrigation project in Nueva Ecija that could irrigate more than 700 hectares of farmlands and benefit more than 200 families who make a living through farming. In a statement, NIA said that despite the prevalence of the COVID-19...
The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) has questioned the plan of the Philippine government to ban the entry of rice imports during harvest season, a move that will supposedly serve as a compromise to Malacañang’s latest move to temporarily slash tariff on imported rice from non-ASEAN countries....
