DAVAO CITY – Officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) have called on different stakeholders to support and strengthen the country’s vegetable industry amid growing impacts of climate change, rising cost production, and market challenges. DA Assistant Secretary for Operations U-Nichols...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking to strengthen its efforts to help vegetable farmers reduce losses from persistent rains, as agricultural damage from tropical cyclones Luis and Maymay and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat” reaches ₱1.42 billion. In a statement on...
The country’s ube stakeholders have formed a nationwide industry group to improve coordination in response to the growing popularity of the root crop in the international market, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). In a statement on Monday, Aug. 17, the DA welcomed the creation of...
Agricultural damage from tropical cyclones Luis and Maymay and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat” has exceeded ₱1 billion, based on the latest estimate of the Department of Agriculture (DA). In a bulletin on Monday, Aug. 17, the DA said the agriculture sector has incurred ₱1.03...
The Philippines will once again import canned pork products following the lifting of a temporary ban imposed in response to the spread of African swine fever (ASF). Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel issued Department Circular (DC) No. 42 on Aug. 11 to lift the ban on the importation of...
Rice imports rose by nearly 27 percent year-on-year to more than three million metric tons (MT) in the first seven months, as the country ramped up purchases of foreign supplies to secure adequate stocks ahead of El Niño. The latest Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) data showed that the country’s...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro paid a courtesy call on Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as the Philippines and Brazil marked 80 years of formal diplomatic relations. In a statement issued Wednesday, August 12, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Lazaro and...
The country’s agriculture sector incurred ₱135.3 million in losses due to the combined damage caused by tropical cyclones Luis and Maymay and the enhanced Southwest Monsoon, or habagat, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). In an advisory on Monday, Aug. 10, the DA said the regions...
The Philippines has banned the importation of live animals from Israel, Palestine, and other countries in the Middle East and other parts of Asia following confirmed cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is implementing the temporary ban following the...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking higher tariffs on several imported meat products after their import volumes triggered the need for special safeguard (SSG) duties to cushion the impact on local producers. Under Department Order (DO) No. 24, dated Aug. 5, Agriculture Secretary Francisco...
The value of the country’s agriculture and fisheries production increased by 2.9 percent in the second quarter, equivalent to more than ₱12 billion, fueled by increased productivity across all major subsectors, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The latest PSA data on...
Despite increased government spending on agriculture and social protection, the Philippines continues to grapple with persistent malnutrition, high food prices, and weak agricultural productivity, underscoring the need for a major overhaul of food security policies, according to state-run policy...
