Affordable and quality food will help the world-renowned Boracay Island sustain businesses and livelihood of locals, aspiring vice president Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said as he vowed to push the agenda if elected. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan (Photo courtesy of the KIKO-LENI 2022)...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay called on the national government on Friday, Feb. 11, to provide farmers with more irrigation facilities and water sources to increase the country's agricultural productivity and keep food prices stable. Binay aired this concern during the...
Robert and Analiza Tengco, energy technician and nurse respectively, are a couple of Pinoy gardeners who are currently living in Coachella Valley, Southern California. The Coachella Valley is an arid valley that is part of the Colorado desert. Despite the area’s extreme temperature, which can...
Filipino farmers have posted significant improvement in their harvest last year amid the challenges that were faced by the country like typhoons and the coronavirus disease (COVID019). Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the significant increase in rice had the farmers posting a P10,000 per...
More than 38,000 rice farmers and their dependents nationwide have finished various Rice Extension Services Program (RESP) training programs in 2021, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Monday, Feb. 7. 64421 TESDA Secretary Isidro Lapeña that a total of 38,517...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo is pushing for the modernization of agriculture in the country which is poised to bring various improvements in the sector. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) Robredo articulated during the KBP Presidential Candidates Forum on Friday,...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso promised to support and protect farmers and fishermen in the country to ensure that there is food on the table of every Filipino family should he win in the May 9 national elections. During the launch of his 10-point Bilis...
As another round of oil price increases are scheduled today (February 1), Senator Francis “Kiko” N. Pangilinan called for the timely release of fuel discounts, seedlings, farm equipment, and other assistance to farmers and fisherfolk contained in the 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA)....
How can Filipino farmers deal with global fertilizer shock and climate change, and continue to feed us? Last week, the European Union’s earth observation program Copernicus released new data that 2021 was the fifth warmest year on record, with the last seven years as the hottest years while...
Smart, together with the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Training Institute (DA-ATI), is modernizing agriculture through the Digital Farmers Program or DFP. The ladderized capacity-building program aims to enable smallholder farmers to use the internet and different mobile technologies...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has called on the human rights community to demand justice for the killings of two members of farmers group Anakpawis in Sorsogon last January 15. De Lima said the deaths of these members adds to the increasing number of farmers killed under the Duterte regime. “I...
Typhoon Odette's damage to the agriculture sector now stood at P8 billion as it wiped out 171,222 metric tons (MT) of agricultural produce and destroyed 341,280 hectares of agricultural areas. Photo from Philippine News Agency In 2020, the most destructive typhoon for the agriculture sector was...
