The Philippines is taking a step forward in its farm modernization initiatives through an agreement with South Korean agricultural equipment manufacturer TYM Corp., focusing on personnel training and investment. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) said on...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) delivered more than 30,000 machines to farmers, cooperatives, and local government units (LGUs) in 2024, as the agency moves to lower the cost of rice production. In its accomplishment report submitted to Agriculture...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech), an attached-agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), granted machinery and postharvest facilities to farmers and the Tarlac government. According to PHilMech, P79 million worth of farm and harvest pieces of...
(Bloomberg) A neophyte congressman has told the Philippine Center for Post-harvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) that it's a "huge sin" to leave unused the billions worth of money that's intended to capacitate local agriculture workers. This, AGRI...
Senator Imee Marcos has sought a Senate probe on the Department of Agriculture's (DA) alleged purchase of overpriced tractors worth P1.737 billion. In her Senate Resolution (SR) 213, Marcos said there are concerns that the discovery of such irregularity would cause delay in the implementation of...
An agricultural mechanization center that will increase agricultural productivity of farmers will be established in Nueva Ecija with the help of the South Korean Embassy in the Philippines. (Photo courtesy of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Philippines) The implementation of the...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday questioned the sudden change in leadership happening at the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), the key agency leading the implementation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) program of the government, saying...
Farmers have asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Food Authority (NFA) to immediately provide more large-capacity mechanical grain dryers to help them during this palay harvest season, which is facing the onset of La Nina. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said in a...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) has distributed farm machines worth P439.8 million in Leyte, benefitting 131 qualified farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) from 38 municipalities and cities of the province. The P439.8-million worth of...
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) is now investigating fraudulent activities that have been taking place in the distribution of farm equipment funded by the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). In a briefing, PHilMech Executive Director Baldwin...
Three years since the implementation of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech), the government agency tasked to mechanize the local rice sector, has only spent merely 6 percent of its total allocation under the Rice...
Farmers’ groups do not expect the Philippine government to deliver anytime soon the machineries urgently needed to develop the coconut sector even with the passage of the Republic Act (RA) 11524, also known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act or Coco Levy Act. ...
