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The AGRI Party-list today echoed the call of President Rodrigo Duterte during his State of the Nation Address on Monday to immediately pass the rice tariffication bill, which he had certified as urgent, as a long-term measure to lower the price of rice. The President said that “we need to switch from the current quota […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) in collaboration with the Halal Program Management Office launched the DA-Halal Food Industry Development Program (DA-HFIDP) as one of the banner programs of the Department on April 2, 2018 at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex in Cotabato City. Present during the event were Atty. Ranibai Dilangalen, Undersecretary for Special Concerns […]
Overseas Filipino workers who succeeded in their ventures in agriculture took center stage during the 7th OFW and Family Summit held at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Food and director of the organization behind the annual holding of the summit, Villar Social […]
The House committee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (1st District, Davao City) approved a substitute bill seeking to strengthen the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and improve its capability to provide farmers with additional government support to raise agricultural production. In addition, the bill enhances the capabilities of banks and financial […]
The House committee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles (1st District, Davao City) approved a substitute bill which seeks to grant full insurance coverage to all qualified Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). The committee approved the unnumbered substitute bill of House Bills 229 and 2177 authored […]
In observance of National Rice Awareness Month this November, Senator Loren Legarda said it is possible to achieve rice self-sufficiency through public awareness and stronger government support for farmers. Legarda expressed support for the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) program to encourage the public to eat only the right proportion of rice and try other […]
In the pursuit of not only providing available and affordable food, but also safe, nutritious and quality food, the National Organic Agriculture Program (NOAP) under the Department of Agriculture culminated its 14th National Organic Agriculture Congress at the Limketkai Center in Cagayan de Oro. The NOAC is a yearly event that unites organic food […]
Senator Cynthia Villar has underscored the ‘big potential’ in combining agriculture and tourism to help improve the lives of our farmers and fisherfolks. Villar assured to strengthen the training and education under the Farm Tourism Development Law since the Agricultural Training Institute and TESDA shall encourage farm tourism camps to become learning sites and […]
In an effort to promote and sustain urban agriculture, the Villar SIPAG (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance) launched a training on Urban Containerized Vegetable Farming. Senator Cynthia Villar, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food and Managing Director of Villar SIPAG, led the launch of the latest agriculture-related partnership with […]
Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate agriculture and food committee, urged the public to protect Laguna de Bay, which she considers “a throbbing lifeline of our country,” and to ensure its ecological integrity for the environment and agriculture. “I hope the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) will continue to protect the rights and […]