The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the 1.3 kilometer farm-to-market road project that is now providing the farmers and residents access to the marketplaces and business centers in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. In a report to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, DPWH Region 1...
Swedish Ambassador Annika Thunborg visited the Sunnyville Farm in Barangay Pasong Tamo, Quezon City on Friday, Feb. 10. Sunnyville Farm is a 1.2-hectare urban garden cultivated by 35 urban farmers. Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte accompanied the Swedish delegation, which consisted of 16 people from...
THE DPWH has completed a farm-to-market road that will benefit mango farmers in Carmen, Agusan del Norte. (DPWH photo via Mike U. Crismundo) BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a 571-linear meter, P11.9-million farm-to-market road that will benefit mango...
In a bid to achieve a more sustainable source of milk and beef, a Dutch couple created a floating micro-dairy farm rising and falling along tides in the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Photo from Floating Farm The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, flooding, and drought continues...
Denso Philippines Corporation has started operation of its P60-million hydrophonic smart agri tech farm in Ibaan, Batangas Fresh that seeks to produce high value vegetables and fruits, far from its primary automotive business. The Board of Investments (BOI), which approved Denso’s agriculture...
Running a business can be challenging; running a farm business even moreso. Factors like climate, pests, natural disasters and fluctuating prices can make farming and running an agribusiness prone to instability. Farmers and agribusiness owners need to have a constitution of steel to avoid...
Farm output declined for third straight year owing to weak crop and fishery sectors, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Data from the PSA showed that the value of production in agriculture and fisheries dropped 0.1 percent in January to December last year....
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a road project that is expected to boost agriculture and tourism in Pangasinan. DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan said the 916-meter road project in Barangay Bolaoen in San Fabian town will provide a quick and safe route from the...
Jessilyn Uy started God’s Grace Farm in 2011 after a relative’s cancer diagnosis led to an interest in organically grown vegetables. What started as a personal project has turned into a successful farm business that she runs with her cousin, Roel Chan. (Roel Chan) God’s Grace Farm (GGF) is an...
CEBU CITY -- The provincial government of Bohol continues to strengthen its farm-to-market road program following a series of groundbreaking for separate road projects. Local government officials led by Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado (5th from right) lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the...
The newly-completed farm-to-market road in Enrile, Cagayan has provided local farmers with greater access to the region’s major trading centers, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Wednesday, Jan. 18. DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan explained that construction of “the new...
The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued advisories to warn the public not to invest their hard-earned money in three firms that are soliciting investments without the necessary permits from the regulator. Based on reports and information it gathered, the corporate watchdog issued warnings...
