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In celebration of World Food Day (WFD) 2022, the Department of Agriculture (DA) under the leadership of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., reaffirmed its commitment in addressing hunger and malnutrition. During the WFD 2022 opening ceremony, DA Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban echoed the DA’s commitment to implement programs that combat global hunger and malnutrition and promote […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) highlighted the need to improve food safety regulations to protect Filipinos from fraudulent market practices, and harmful and unhealthy food. Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban, together with other DA officials, led the opening ceremony of the 50th National Meat Inspection Service (DA-NMIS) Anniversary and observance of the 29th Meat Consciousness Week. […]
The Department of Agriculture, in coordination with the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), will start selling sugar at P70.00 per kilo at SRA Quezon City and Bacolod City Offices. In addition, the Kadiwa rolling stores and Kadiwa on Wheels will be selling sugar at the same price to make sugar affordable and accessible to consumers. Sugar […]
The Department of Agriculture, through its High-Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP), has set aside P84.15 million to fund projects that aim to increase and improve the production of Philippine coffee. The HVCDP’s 2022 budget for coffee aims to improve the productivity, product quality, and profitability of Filipino coffee growers for the long term. As one […]
Department of Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban met with the Italian Ambassador Marco Clemente, and First Secretary Eugeniu Rotaru recently. During the meeting, Panganiban highlighted the 40% increase in agriculture trade between the Philippines and Italy in 2021. With trade balance in favor of Italy at $19.42 million, Clemente guaranteed strong support from the Embassy […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) National Rice Program reported that this year’s local palay production is expected to reach 19.50 million metric tons (MMT) or 12.754MMT of rice despite global challenges that include the increase in prices of fuel and fertilizer, among other inputs. The DA’s 2022 rice supply and demand outlook showed that the […]
As the Department of Agriculture (DA), through its Regional Field Offices, conducts assessments of damages and losses brought by Typhoon Karding in the agri-fisheries sector, it announced that over P709 million worth of assistance and interventions are available for affected farmers and fisherfolk. The Department has a Quick Response Fund amounting to P500 million that […]
The Department of Agriculture is ready to distribute needed assistance to farmers affected by Typhoon Karding, which destroyed properties and livelihood in various parts of Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, and Bicol Region. Aside from rice seeds, corn seeds, and vegetable planting products, DA will distribute necessary drugs and medicines to […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has assured that the Philippine agriculture sector remains capable of producing enough rice and meat to meet the holiday demands. The Department of Agriculture relayed that the supply outlook provided by the agency’s National Rice Program reported an increase in local palay production. According to the agency, a big chunk […]
With the assistance of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its Kadiwa truck, the Itbayat Garlic Producers Association from Batanes delivered 600 kilograms of garlic to the DA Kadiwa Center in Quezon City recently. The DA-Regional Field Office (RFO) in Cagayan Valley assisted the Itbayat farmers in transporting their products from the Sual Port in […]