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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is consolidating oversight of two major World Bank-backed reform programs under a single project management office (PMO), a move aimed at tightening coordination and accelerating delivery as well as raising the stakes for execution across a complex bureaucracy. In a department order signed by Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is accelerating the nationwide rollout of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s flagship food program, “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!”, as the government moves to temper the impact on vulnerable households of rising costs driven by the ongoing energy emergency. Marcos has directed the DA to scale up the initiative—which offers rice at […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is ramping up its Food Lane program to ensure the uninterrupted movement of agricultural goods and help stabilize supply and prices, as the government responds to a declared national energy emergency. The move follows Executive Order No. 110 issued by Ferdinand Marcos Jr., which calls for a whole-of-government response to […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA), in partnership with the Provincial Government of Capiz, has rolled out the “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!” or P20 Rice Project during the Capiztahan Festival, aligning the province’s 125th founding anniversary with a renewed push for food affordability and security. The launch was led by DA Assistant Secretary Genevieve Velicaria-Guevarra and […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has secured a temporary toll fee waiver for trucks hauling agricultural goods, part of a broader push to ease logistics costs, stabilize food prices, and protect farmers’ incomes amid rising fuel costs. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the exemption—facilitated by the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Toll […]
The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) has rolled out a loan payment moratorium for qualified farmers and fisherfolk, as the government steps up efforts to shield rural livelihoods from the ongoing energy crisis and rising production costs. The measure is anchored on Department of Agriculture Administrative Order No. 2, series of […]
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. struck an optimistic tone on the country’s food security outlook, assuring the public that government measures are keeping rice supply stable despite rising global oil prices and farm input costs. At the same time, Tiu Laurel firmly pushed back against claims raised in recent hearings that imported rice is […]
The Department of Agriculture rolled out the “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!” program in Makati City, bringing subsidized rice to one of the country’s wealthiest urban centers while underscoring a growing reality that even affluent cities are not insulated from economic strain caused by soaring petroleum product prices. Around 750 beneficiaries were served during the ceremonial […]
The Department of Agriculture, through its Regional Field Office in the Cordillera Administrative Region, has intensified interventions to help farmers and fisherfolk cope with rising fuel costs and ongoing market disruptions. Leading the response are fuel subsidies, expanded Kadiwa market linkages, truck deployments for hauling, and strengthened coordination with government agencies and private partners. DA-CAR […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured the public that rice stocks in National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses remain sufficient, helped by a record procurement last year, even as demand for the government-subsidized P20 rice program surges. Beneficiaries of “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!”, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s flagship food program, are urged to register online to […]