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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the audit of the ongoing rehabilitation of the PFDA-Navotas Fish Port Complex, highlighting the administration’s drive to modernize the country’s fisheries infrastructure to strengthen food security, improve supply chains, and reduce post-harvest losses. Joining President Marcos were Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., Agriculture Undersecretary Drusila Bayate and Philippine Fisheries […]
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel led the opening of a new poultry dressing, processing, and warehousing facility in San Pablo, Laguna. The poultry facility operated by Art Fresh Chicken Corporation expands the poultry industry’s processing capacity while reinforcing efforts to strengthen food security and modernize the country’s poultry value chain. The new facility can process […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has cleared more than P2.06 billion worth of farm-to-market road and bridge projects for implementation, accelerating infrastructure investments aimed at lowering logistics costs and improving market access for farmers and fisherfolk. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the projects, funded largely through the World Bank-supported Philippine Rural Development Program […]
The Marcos administration is placing agriculture at the heart of its fight against child malnutrition, using the country’s P3-billion milk feeding program not only to nourish millions of learners but also to provide Filipino dairy farmers with a dependable market for their produce. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. pledged the Department of Agriculture’s full […]
Lower food prices, particularly rice, helped cool inflation in June, prompting Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. to push for the extension of the government’s price cap on imported rice while sustaining efforts to keep food supplies ample and markets stable. Headline inflation eased to 6.4 percent in June from 6.8 percent in May, according […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is intensifying efforts to tap private-sector capital for critical farm infrastructure, signaling a stronger push to modernize the country’s agriculture sector through public-private partnerships (PPPs). Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. met with officials of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center to discuss a pipeline of priority projects aimed at improving […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has strengthened the country’s food security arsenal with the National Seed Reserve Facility, a centralized storage vault designed to preserve high-quality seeds and ensure a reliable supply of planting materials for both regular crop production and post-disaster recovery. Located inside the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) compound in Quezon City, […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) signed a Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) establishing uniform guidelines for exempting eligible farm storage facilities from local real property taxes, a move aimed at lowering operating costs and encouraging greater investments in post-harvest infrastructure. The JMC was signed by Agriculture […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is intensifying efforts to preserve the iconic Ifugao Rice Terraces as mounting climate pressures, aging infrastructure, and changing farm economics threaten one of the country’s most important agricultural heritage landscapes. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. visited Banaue to assess the condition of the rice terraces, inspect critical agricultural infrastructure, […]
The Philippines and Denmark have launched a pilot project aimed at modernizing the country’s offshore fishing industry, introducing advanced Danish midwater trawl technology to improve fish production, strengthen scientific fisheries management, and promote sustainable harvesting practices. The Partnership Agreement, signed by the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Danish […]