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The Kadiwa ng Pasko will carry on even after the holidays to serve Filipino food producers and consumers nationwide. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., confirmed this during the opening of the Kadiwa site in Valenzuela City recently. “From the 20 stalls initially opened, there are now 350 Kadiwa sites nationwide providing quality, safe and affordable produce.” […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA), through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS), recognized the 35 finalists for the 2022 National Young Farmers Challenge (YFC) and awarded P300,000 cash grant to each of the top 12 outstanding agribusiness models recently. The awardees were evaluated in terms of their entrepreneurial attributes, innovativeness of business proposal, potential […]
In line with the anti-smuggling campaign of the national government, three containers—placed under an alert status by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) as requested by DA Inspectorate and Enforcement Office (DA I&E)—were examined and investigated recently. The inspection of the suspicious shipments at the Port of Subic was conducted by BOC, together with the DA […]
As women continue to contribute to nation building through developed rural economies, the Department of Agriculture (DA) once again leads the country in recognizing their important role in agriculture and food sufficiency. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), rural women comprise a quarter of the total world population and […]
Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said the World Bank’s Philippines Economic Update (PEU) December 2022 Edition is extra special for the agriculture sector as it focuses on public expenditure review for agriculture. “We welcome its recommendations in ramping up efficiency and effectiveness of government spending in the sector,” Panganiban said during the […]
Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban and Brazilian Ambassador Jose Maria de Souza e Silva, recently discussed necessary measures for a stronger, more vibrant agricultural cooperation between the two countries. Ambassador de Souza called for the potential creation of a model system of inspecting export meat and meat products in which the […]
The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) suspended the confiscation of imported pink salmon, pompano, and other imported frozen fish products in the wet markets. “We will go back to our original strategy that we are doing which is concentrating on the cold storages and other areas, but not in […]
Representatives of the Embassy of Japan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), headed by Economic Minister Nihei Daisuke and First Secretary and Agriculture Attache Tachikawa Jumpei, paid a courtesy call to the Department of Agriculture (DA) recently to identify key areas of agricultural cooperation between the Philippines and Japan. DA Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the DA-Wide Field Inspectorate (DA-WFI) and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), continues to partner with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) to curb the entry of smuggled agricultural commodities to the local markets. A composite team from DA-WFI, BPI, […]
Pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1667, series of 2008, the Department of Agriculture (DA) joins the world in a weeklong celebration of the 15th Annual Global Warming and Climate Change Consciousness Week starting November 21 to November 25. This year’s theme: “Sama-Samang Tumutugon sa Hamon ng Nagbabagong Klima” aims to create awareness on global warming […]