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The Department of Agriculture (DA) aims to elevate food security in 2025, targeting a record rice harvest and enhanced agricultural systems. During the first Management Committee meeting of the year, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. urged DA officials and staff to strive for greater achievements despite ongoing challenges. In his message, read by Undersecretary […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) conducted a market inspection in Mutya ng Pasig Mega Market and a nearby mart to ensure the availability of reasonably priced essential goods. This initiative follows a similar inspection conducted in Quezon City where key officials monitored prices and supply levels of […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and San Miguel Foods inked a partnership to improve market access for Filipino farmers, focusing on the corn industry. Agriculture Undersecretary Roger Navarro, representing Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., and San Miguel Foods Group General Manager Emmanuel Macalalag led the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the San […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched the Agricultural and Fisheries Logistics Office (AFLO) to tackle inefficiencies in the farm-to-market supply chain and ensure food security under Department Order 01. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said AFLO will address critical challenges like post-harvest losses, high market prices, and logistical bottlenecks, including poor infrastructure and […]
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. announced that the price of the 25% broken rice variety sold under the Department of Agriculture’s Rice-for-All program (RFA25) will be reduced from P40 to P38 per kilogram. “This price reduction will take effect on Friday, just ahead of the implementation of the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) of […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) conducted their first joint market monitoring this year in Quezon City to survey supply and prices of essential agricultural commodities during the post-holiday season. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. and Trade Secretary Ma. Cristina Roque led the Special Joint Market Monitoring […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is ramping up efforts to make rice more accessible and affordable for Filipinos by expanding the Rice-for-All program, opening additional KADIWA ng Pangulo kiosks in public markets and train stations, and collaborating with local government units (LGUs) nationwide to distribute rice at fair prices, including the P29 rice program for […]
The Philippines and Pakistan are optimistic they could reach a final deal by June next year on the allocation by the South Asian nation of at least 1 million metric tons of rice to fill a quarter of Manila’s annual import requirement of the food staple. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. met with Dr. […]
The Department of Agriculture is adding four public markets in Metro Manila where P40 per kilo well-milled rice will be sold under the Rice-for-All program to provide consumers with options amid stubbornly high prices of the food staple. KADIWA ng Pangulo rice kiosks in the four additional markets started offering the P40 a kilo rice […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and global ocean exploration nonprofit OceanX have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will enable the latter to assess the health and diversity of fisheries, and therefore marine food resources of Philippine seas using its state-of-the-art research vessel, OceanXplorer. The MOU, formalized by DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. […]