Despite the tightness in supply, the Philippine government is targeting to bring down the farm-gate price of pork in the country to P165 to P170 per kilogram (/kg), which is nearly double the commodity’s current retail cost of around P350/kg recently recorded at select markets in Metro Manila....
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will not withdraw its proposal for tariff reduction on pork and rice imports despite the growing number of groups – including farmers, raisers, advocates – opposing such a move. When asked if he will consider the possibility of withdrawing DA’s proposal,...
Aside from the local livestock industry, the Philippine government also stands to lose if the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) proposal to reduce the tariff on pork imports will be given the green light. This was according to a resolution adopted by the Philippine Council for Agriculture and...
Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has opened a new credit facility that will fund 90 percent of borrowers’ investment requirement, but this is only if the borrower is either a farmer or a micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) engaged in the agricultural value chain of certain...
Agriculture lobby group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) asked the government to rule out importation in solving the supply and price crisis in the hog industry, which is now plagued by the fatal and highly contagious animal disease African Swine Fever (ASF). In a statement, KMP...
The construction of the first first-border inspection facility in the Philippines, which should prevent the entry of animal diseases in the country, is yet to start more than a year since the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced such a plan. Outgoing Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) Director...
Wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), together with the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), has provided a free and extensive online learning course on farming basics. This, according to Smart, should help more Filipino farmers...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) allocated P161 million of agriculture interventions to rice farmers in Caraga region for CY 2021. DA 13 Regional Technical Director (RTD) for Operations Rebecca R. Atega said that the bulk of intervention for this year is dedicated to the non-Rice Competitiveness...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the drop in the agriculture sector’s contribution to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2020 was “negligible” and even took this as a sign of recovery for the sector. Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Department of Agriculture...
Hit by calamities in 2020 A “perfect storm” – comprised of a series of typhoons, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, the persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF), among other unfortunate scenarios – has challenged the agriculture sector in 2020, bringing down the total full-year output at -1.2...
An aquaculture firm is now awaiting the approval of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) for its unsolicited proposal to breed and harvest fish and other seafood products in Pantabangan Dam, one of the largest dams in Asia. This, while the advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan started pushing for...
The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) is asking President Rodrigo Duterte to authorize limited importation of up to 50,000 metric tons (MT) only at zero tariff at zero. MB file (Photo by Keith Bacongco) This developed as the group was not convinced by the proposal of the...
