Tag: #Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI)
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DA waiving pesticide testing fees takes effect
The private sector welcomed the recent implementation of Department of Agriculture (DA) Administrative Order (AO) No. 11-2021, saying the order waiving pesticide residue analysis fees is a big help to thousands of struggling farmers, exporters and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
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Rice importations hit 1.92 MT in 2020
With less than two months left for the year, the Philippines’ 2020 total rice imports so far stood at nearly 2 million metric tons (MT), coming from the usual countries like Vietnam and some unusual ones like China.
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ARTA calls out DA’s animal, plant bureaus for red tape
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has now stepped in to improve the processing of applications in the food production sector, particularly in the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), as complaints on these agencies red tape mount.