A fishers group has expressed disappointment on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.'s (PBBM) absence for this year's celebration of World Food Day, saying that skipping such an important event reflects "insincerity to address the ongoing food crisis" in the country. President Ferdinand...
With the persisting hunger and malnutrition in the Philippines, private and public sectors are working together to aim for a food-secure Philippines. East-West Seed (EWS) Philippines is a privately-owned seed company that has long been a partner of Filipino farmers in “growing a healthier...
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) will start selling sugar at P70 per kilo at its Quezon City and Bacolod City offices, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Monday, Oct. 17. DTI tracks prices and supply of BNPC, Sugar in Manila In a statement, the DA said sugar will be sold at...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM), who also heads the Department of Agriculture (DA), will not attend the activities set by the agriculture department today, Oct. 17, for the celebration of the World Food Day. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' R. Marcos Jr. (RTVM Screenshot)...
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...
As told to AGRICULTURE MAGAZINE I'm Glenn Gabales, 25 years old, from Dagatan, Lipa City, Batangas. I’ve been practicing natural farming for five years. I think of myself as a farming advocate that promotes food security and sustainability through natural farming. "We teach farming...
Alliance of Filipino women, Gabriela, called on President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to prioritize fundamental agricultural reforms in time for the celebration of the International Day of Rural Women. Members of Gabriela joined the protest action led by peasant women organization AMIHAN at...
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...
“The Philippines can be considered a very quick adopter of new technologies, especially in the case of biotechnology,” said Dr. Gabriel O. Romero, Executive Director of the Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA). Biotech corn, or Bt corn MON810, was developed in the US in 1996, and...
Just like the Philippines, cassava is a staple food in Kenya, a country in eastern Africa. Cassava performs well in the country's relatively dry climate, where up to 80 per cent of the land receives a small amount of rain each year. Cassava root crops. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Dan/Pexels) It is...
A rookie solon in the 19th Congress has filed a House bill (HB) that seeks to establish a National Mariculture Program (NMP) in the Philippines as a means of bolstering food security. Mariculture–a specialized branch of aquaculture–is the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other...
While seaweed, in its natural form, is already a good source of nutrition, Israeli researchers developed a new process that adds enough nutrients to cultivated seaweed to be called a "superfood." Heeding the call to mitigate the environmental impact of fish farms and, at the same time, help...
