A pro-farmer lawmaker has filed a House bill (HB) that seeks to sway more students to take agriculture, forestry, and fisheries degree programs so they may--with the government’s backing--become “agripreneurs” scholars. AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Facebook) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert...
The Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF) encourages interested civil society organizations (CSOs) to register and obtain accreditation as partners of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the co-implementation of their programs, projects, and activities in order to ensure that...
BUTUAN CITY – Field units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), along with the Department of Agriculture (DA), stepped up their peace and development effort in the most far-flung areas, particularly former stronghold of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army in...
SARIAYA, Quezon – House Deputy Majority Leader Quezon Rep. David C. Suarez has proposed to the Department of Agriculture (DA) the creation of the National Water Use Plan to complement the National Farm-to-Market Road Map. Suarez said the National Water Use Plan will ensure that farmers have...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) has provided P5,000 financial assistance to 1,132 rice farmers from the first and second districts of Northern Samar. Gabriel Banga, Agricultural Program Coordinating Officer (APCO) for Northern Samar, led the...
Aside from the limitations and hardships brought on by the pandemic, farmers and fisherfolk are constantly being challenged by the impact of calamities and disasters, especially during and after the wrath of typhoons. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. (Screenshot taken from RTVM’s...
Nearly 10,000 farmers and fisherfolk in Region 12 were awarded with another tranche of fuel subsidies from the Department of Agriculture (DA). (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) The DA said a total of 9,837 registered farmers and fisherfolk benefitted from the fuel subsidy program....
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it has allocated over P709 million worth of assistance and interventions for farmers affected by the devastation of Super Typhoon "Karding". Super Typhoon Karding’s strong gusts caused rice crops to bow in Mayantoc, Tarlac. (Photo courtesy of Mayantoc...
At least P3 million worth of cash assistance for farmers and hog raisers in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato was distributed as per the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP). Super Typhoon Karding’s strong gusts caused rice crops to bow in Mayantoc, Tarlac. (Photo courtesy of Mayantoc...
The agricultural damage wrought by super typhoon Karding has reached P1.29 billion, according to the latest data released by the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Super Typhoon Karding’s strong gusts caused rice crops to bow in Mayantoc, Tarlac. (Screenshot taken from a video...
The agricultural damage caused by super typhoon Karding in the country has climbed to P160 million, the Department of Agriculture (DA) bared. Super Typhoon Karding’s strong gusts caused rice crops to bow in Mayantoc, Tarlac. (Photo courtesy of Mayantoc Agriculture FB) In the DA’s Bulletin No. 4...
Amid the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) interest in resurrecting the "Masagana 99" program, Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman gave a lecture on the House plenary about the history of President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.-era rice harvest improvement initiative. Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman...
