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To ensure unhampered distribution of food supplies across the nation, the Departments of Agriculture (DA), and Trade and Industry (DTI) have set in motion a digital platform, which enables an efficient and transparent end-to-end market-based system. The Deliver-E, produced through a strong partnership of DA and DTI, is a modernized marketing process connecting food producers […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), turned over to the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) P1 billion as additional funding for emergency loans to small farmers and fisherfolk. In a virtual ceremony held recently, Agriculture Secretary and DA-ACPC Chair William Dar turned over to LANDBANK, represented by its […]
A modern P100-million complex will soon rise in Sariaya, Quezon, to serve as the primary trading post for the produce of farmers and fisherfolk in Southern Luzon and neighboring regions. Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the groundbreaking ceremony in Barangay Sampaloc recently along with Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 4A Director Arnel de Mesa, Quezon […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has initially disbursed and distributed P8.5-billion worth of various interventions to enable farmers and fisherfolk to recover from the ravages left by a series of typhoons that hit Luzon in October and November. “On behalf of President Rodrigo Duterte, we will continue to provide our typhoon and flood-affected farmers and […]
Repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will have new livelihood opportunities after five national government agencies united for the virtual signing of the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) to implement integrated programs and services in agribusiness. The JMC covers the programs, projects, services, and initiatives of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), […]
Initially focusing on short-gestation crops, particularly vegetables, the Department of Agriculture (DA) launched recently in San Mateo, Rizal, the “Food Basket for Metro Manila Project” that will augment the supply of vegetables, fruits, livestock, and fishery products to Metro Manila. “We are allotting an initial budget of P2.5-million for the ‘Food Basket for Metro Manila […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar awarded a total of P176 million in rice seeds and fertilizer assistance to Bulakeño farmers affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses. During his inspection in the rice fields along the Baliuag-Pulilan Bypass Road recently, Dar assured that the government, through the Department of Agriculture (DA), will provide support to enable […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) family is immensely encouraged with the positive 1.2-percent (%) growth of the country’s agriculture and fishery sector this third quarter (Q3) versus the same three-month period last year. “Once again, this shows our resilience and sustained production performance despite the community lockdowns, traditional lean months and severe weather conditions, from […]
Rightsizing should be done to better manage extension services for farmers and fisher folk, and a way to do it is to merge the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Senator Kiko Pangilinan made the proposal recently as the Senate began its plenary deliberations for the 2021 national budget. “The […]
With timely weather advisories, farmers were able to harvest early and thus “saved” their crops several days before typhoons Quinta and Rolly wrought damage to major rice-producing provinces in Luzon. As a result, combined palay production loss amounted to roughly 165,000 metric tons (MT), representing two percent of the projected fourth-quarter harvest of 8.4 million […]