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While the supply situation of white onions in the country has become a growing concern, onion farmers have been working with the Department of Agriculture Agribusiness and Marketing Services (AMAS) to directly sell their produce to institutional buyers. In a consultation meeting attended by DA, SINAG, onion growers, traders and buyers, farmers expressed their strong […]
Senator Bato dela Rosa is urging Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez to ensure that the Marcos administration will file cases against sugar hoarders and price manipulators. “Sir, ‘yung mga nahuli n’yong hoarder…tuluyan na ninyong kasuhan [kung] may dapat kasuhan du’n sa mga raids na ginawa ninyo. People are waiting kung meron talaga makakasuhan dito sa mga […]
The Philippine and Dutch governments have started initial discussion for the conduct of the National Seed Technology Park-Knowledge Transfer Project (NSTP- KTP), which aims to support the development of an improved seed sector focusing on an effective seed quality system, plant variety protection, and capacitated public-private seed production system. Representatives from the Philippines’ Department of […]
Recognizing the potential of developing ancestral lands into sustainable food production areas, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has designed a number of programs and projects for the Indigenous People (IP) communities. The DA through its Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang Katutubo Program (DA-4K) programmed culturally-sensitive projects to cater to the needs of the Indigenous People’s […]
The government’s Fuel Discount for Farmers and Fisherfolk Program (FDFFP), which rolled out on March 2022, is nearing the realization of its goal to provide support to 158,730 beneficiaries. As of August 4, 2022, a total of 126,388 fuel discount accounts have been generated. Once loaded with a P3000 subsidy, corn farmers or fishers may […]
As Filipino rice farmers continue to suffer from the high cost of farm inputs, the Department of Agriculture (DA), through its National Rice Program (NRP) continues to provide support to increase farm productivity and boost income. For this year’s wet and dry cropping season, NRP targets to distribute quality inbred and hybrid seeds in 15 […]
In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. announced that the Department of Agriculture (DA) will extend financial and technical assistance to farmers in the next planting season, to ensure an increase in the production of local agricultural commodities. Undersecretary-designate for Consumer and Political Affairs and spokesperson Kristine Evangelista said […]
Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Operations Engr. Arnel de Mesa met with members of the Technology Advice and Solutions from Korea (TASK) Expert Mission led by Dong Ho (Eric) Song of the Korea Agriculture Machinery Industry Cooperative (KAMICO) to discuss the implementation of the TASK Program for the Agricultural Machinery Industry in the Philippines at the […]
The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) has mobilized two units of KADIWA trucks loaded with 3 metric tons (MT) of assorted highland vegetables, dried fish, and other basic food items to the municipalities of San Quintin, Pidigan, Bangued, Tayum, Dolores, Lagangilang, and Bucay in the province of Abra, that was shaken […]
The city government of Cabadbaran in Agusan del Norte and the Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) opened a one-hectare demonstration farm to help boost vegetable production.DA-13 Regional Technical Director Rebecca Atega said the farm, which opened Monday, will benefit all farmers’ associations and cooperatives in the city. “We can now provide these […]