Various leaders from the sectors of agriculture and fishery, Philippine and United Nations (UN) developmental organizations, and government agencies have committed to support the Department of Agriculture's (DA) call for a unified action to transform Philippine food systems and end hunger and...
The ambitious solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) of former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol is finally coming to fruition, with Mindanao’s first set of SPIS now up for commissioning. Piñol, who is now the chairperson of Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), said the first local...
The Department of Agriculture (DA), together with other members of Sub-Task Group on Economic Intelligence (STG EI) of the IATF Task Group on Food Security, has seized P42-million worth of smuggled red onion in the Port of Subic Bay, which is feared to be part of the ongoing large scale...
Strawberry growers from an agricultural village in Baguio City are looking to produce tens of thousands of strawberry runners by the end of the year. BERRY HELPFUL--Strawberry growers in Sto. Tomas, Baguio City hope to produce thousands of strawberry runners by the end of 2021 using the...
Pork prices at select markets in Metro Manila have remained high despite the surge in imports recorded during the first half of 2020, prompting one of the country’s largest agriculture lobby groups to call out the Department of Agriculture (DA) anew for its pro-importation stance. The group,...
Future agriculturists and scientists were challenged by Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar to pursue real innovations and technologies and not let their ideas end on paper in a bid to spur much-needed innovations in the country's agriculture sector. Department of Agriculture...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) kicked off on Friday, July 9, the development of the Philippines' first National Seed Technology Park (NSTP) at New Clark City (NCC) in Capas, Tarlac. (Photo from BCDA) The event, which also marked the...
A national seed technology park that will serve as the core of the Philippines' modern crop industry will soon rise within the New Clark City (NCC) in Capas, Tarlac. 1ST PH SEED TECHNO PARK--Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) Senior Vice...
Philippines’ pork imports for this year are still seen to go higher at 425,000 metric tons (MT), even despite the already 401 percent surge in pork imports the country recorded from January to April of this year. This is following the release of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) guidelines...
The Philippine government, in partnership with one of Thailand’s biggest agriculture and food conglomerates, has launched a credit program for local hog raisers affected by the dreaded animal disease African Swine Fever (ASF). In a statement, the Department of Agriculture (DA), Development Bank...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar assured fisherfolk and farmers in Calabarzon that help will be available to them in the event that Taal Volcano erupts again. Residents of Laurel, Batangas take temporary shelter at Barangay Ticub Elementary School on July 1, 2021. This, after a...
Fall armyworm (FAW) began to threaten some rice fields in the Philippines, prompting the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prepare the country’s rice research and development workers for the possible infestation in more farms. A statement showed that DA’s Philippine Rice Research Institute...
