Even if a group of farmers in the Philippines said it may take a while for them to recover from Quinta, Rolly, and Ulysses, a foreign agency is convinced that these typhoons that struck the country last month will not have a significant impact on next year’s production. “The recent...
The senate proposal to use excess rice tariff collections exclusively for cash aid for farmers may be discriminatory to some farmers, a top official from the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) said. In a statement, FFF National Manager Raul Montemayor said the proposal, which is contained in...
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) senate-approved budget for 2021 is P86 billion, which is only 30 percent of the agency’s original budget proposal of P280 billion. In a statement, DA said the senate in a plenary session approved the proposed P85.58-billion budget of the DA, including those...
With a vision to nurture the Filipino farmers, a group of young changemakers created a social enterprise known as The Amigo Coffee to advocate both homegrown coffee and Philippine heritage. The company was established on April 16, 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Robin Lim,...
Rice farmers in the Philippines recorded lower earnings during both the dry and wet harvest seasons last year despite having lower production cost. Photo by Andhika Y. Wiguna on Unsplash. Based on the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the total cost of rice farmers during...
Coconut farmers are now the poorest people in the agriculture sector, much poorer than when they were 30 years ago. This was the assessment of Danny Carranza, a coconut farmer and member the Kilusan Para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo at Katarungang Panlipunan (Katarungan). (MB FILE, Keith...
In addressing the continuous decline in palay prices, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) is asking the government to follow the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) and impose safeguard duties on rice imports instead of resorting to decisions such as the proposed suspension on the issuance of sanitary...
PMFTC Inc., the local affiliate of Philip Morris International, assured that the company is fully committed to help tobacco-farming communities in recovering from the coronavirus-induced economic crisis. Denis Gorkun, PMFTC president Denis Gorkun, PMFTC Inc. president, said that approximately...
The one-time financial assistance that the Senate directed the Department of Agriculture (DA) to provide to rice farmers amid the declining prices of palay would not be enough, a group of rice farmers said. (MB file, Keith Bacongco) Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) National Manager Raul Montemayor...
Getting helpless over the Senate version of the proposed Coco Levy Act, coconut farmers will attempt to seek for the intervention of Senator Bong Go, the longtime aide of President Rodrigo Duterte, about the “unfavorable” provisions of the proposed bill that sought to release the P100-billion...
The Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) has resulted in the retrenchment of hundreds of employees in the National Food Authority (NFA) and the removal of the government's power to regulate rice prices, but the state-run grains agency is making it clear that they are not in favor of calls to amend the law....
Farmers are seeking the intervention of lawmakers for the declining prices of palay, which was triggered by several factors including the National Food Authority’s (NFA) limited capacity to procure rice as well as traders’ decision to delay their purchase in anticipation of more imported rice...
