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Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. met with the governors of the top 10 rice-producing provinces in the country to help increase grain supply, reduce imports, and lower prices of the national food staple. Governors from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao who gathered in San Juan City welcomed Tiu Laurel’s initiative, saying the consultative meeting was […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) received 800 million yen (P300-million) worth of farm equipment for Filipino small sugarcane farmers. The Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines, Kazuhiko Koshikawa, turned over the grant to Agriculture Secretary Francisco “Sec Kiko” Tiu Laurel, SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona, and representatives of beneficiaries from […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) assures the public that there is enough affordable supply of rice in the market. According to DA Assistant Secretary and Spokesperson Arnel de Mesa, the country has almost completed the wet season harvest. “We have harvested about 90% of palay across the nation, bought at P22.00 per kilogram,” de Mesa […]
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. led the kick-off of three core projects of the DA, in partnership with the World Bank (WB), namely the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) Scale-Up, the Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project (MIADP), and the Philippine Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe) Project. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., whose […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said that despite slight contraction in the value of farm production in the third quarter, there are still strong indications the sector could contribute positively to the economy. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that value of farm output in the third quarter declined 0.3 percent year-on-year, hurt by lower […]
Newly-appointed agriculture secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. said his priority is to increase food production and modernize agriculture, a major pillar of the Philippine economy. Laurel said the marching order of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is to modernize agriculture so the country could be food secure, less dependent on imports and lift millions of farmers and […]
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Regulations of the Department of Agriculture (DA-OASR) led the celebration of the Food Safety Awareness Week with the theme, “Pagkaing ligtas, masustansiya, at sapat, susi sa magandang kalusugan ng lahat.” The said celebration, held every last week of October to intensify public awareness and participation in government efforts […]
A day after the International Day of Rural Women, the Department of Agriculture (DA) paid homage to the seven national finalists of this year’s Search for Outstanding Rural Women (SORW) during the World Food Day 2023 celebration at the Quezon Memorial Circle recently. Aligned with the Magna Carta of Women (MCW), the Search is an […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and private agriculture-based company FarmFresh Products, Inc. officially launched the instant pinakbet and chop suey under the latter’s Adopt-A-Town, Adopt-A-Farmer Program at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management Convention Hall in Quezon City. The said program aims to help enhance food mobilization nationwide by tapping local farmers as suppliers […]
Officials of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA), United States (US) government, and Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) convened recently for an open forum and networking lunch as part of the US and BCIU’s agriculture mission to the Philippines. With the main objective of advancing food security goals, the meeting was led by DA […]