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After dominating the Senate race with more than 25 million votes, Senator Cynthia Villar was formally proclaimed as a duly-elected Senator in the May 13 midterm elections. Based on the votes officially tallied by the Commission on Elections en banc sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, Villar got the most number of votes from […]
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol ordered quarantine officers of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to implement stricter measures on the entry of meat products, especially pork from Hong Kong, following the reported outbreak of the African Swine Fever (ASF) in the territory. In his order, Piñol also warned incoming passengers that “bringing in meat and […]
With crop damage caused by El Niño now reaching almost P8 billion, ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban who also chairs the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee is urging government to release needed financial aid to the 247,610 affected farmers and help offset their losses. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the […]
The chair of the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee lauded the Department of Agriculture for a new program aimed at providing loans to fresh graduates of agriculture and agriculture-related courses so they could further develop their farming projects and innovations. The program could very well entice more youth to pursue agriculture as a career, since […]
Senator Cynthia Villar is pushing for the planting of inbred seeds to help farmers increase rice production. During the graduation ceremonies for farmer leaders who completed the training program on farm mechanization and inbred seed production, Villar said compared to the more expensive hybrid seeds, the inbred seeds will help farmers produce more rice without […]
In light of the magnitude 6.1 earthquake that hit Luzon on Monday, and the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that hit the Visayas on Tuesday, AGRI Party-list has called on government to check whether critical agricultural infrastructure such as irrigation systems have been damaged and to take appropriate measures to immediately repair them if necessary. “The country […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said the agriculture sector should look for creative ways to engage the youth in farming to ensure that there would be enough farmers to feed the country’s ever-growing population. “Youth engagement in agriculture is vital to ensuring that the Philippines will not have a scarcity of future food producers,” said Angara, […]
Reelectionist Senator Cynthia Villar urged local leaders of agricultural towns all over the country to help their farmers to become more competitive with the opening of farm schools. In her recent visit to Carranglan, Nueva Ecija for the 10th Gintong Butil Festival, Villar urged Mayor Mary Abad to encourage farm owners in their locality to […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and senatorial candidate Bong Go vowed to work for improved government support to agriculture and help uplift the lives of the country’s farmers and fishermen. Go made the commitment in his message at the Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) campaign sortie in Tandag City, the capital of Surigao del […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and senatorial candidate Bong Go seeks to expand the coverage of the country’s irrigation system to mitigate the effects of the dry spell which affects the county periodically. Go raised the idea as the Department of Agriculture said it is assisting some 138,000 farmers facing a drought due […]