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NEW ROAD FROM DAR TO BENEFIT FARMERS IN SK TOWN

Farmers and local officials of two upland farming communities in Sultan Kudarat province lauded the government for providing them a 7.48-kilometer farm-to-market road (FMR) through the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). About 5,000 residents, almost 2,000 of whom were agrarian reform beneficiaries, are enjoying the benefits of the P37-million concrete FMR project that connects Barangays […]

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EPAHP LOAN PROGRAM TO AID SMALL FARMERS – NOGRALES

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles assured last January 10, 2021, that the Task Force Zero Hunger which he chairs is setting up programs and measures that will help small farmers cope with the effects of the ongoing pandemic, stressing that “this pro-farmer policy is a banner program of the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) […]

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DELIVER-E DIRECTLY LINKS FARMERS WITH MARKET – DAR

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 […]

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SIMPLIFY LAND TITLING, HELP FARMERS – GORDON

Senator Dick Gordon sponsored recently Senate Bill No. 1931 that aims to improve the confirmation of imperfect titles by simplifying the procedure and requirements in granting land deeds to help rural farmers and those who are unable to afford legal representation to secure land titles. “Tulungan natin ang mga magsasaka at mahihirap na mabigyan ng […]

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DA LINKS FARMS, CONSUMERS WITH ‘DELIVER-E’ – LOPEZ

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)—together with the Department of Agriculture (DA), private sector partners, farmer cooperatives, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—officially launched DELIVER-e alongside a multi-stakeholder commitment pledge signing to upscale agriculture value chain and improve overall food security in the country even beyond the COVID-19 crisis.  “This initiative […]

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DELIVER-E FORMS KEY PART OF ANTI-HUNGER CAMPAIGN

“Anything and everything that can be shared by our stakeholders is useful in achieving the objectives of our National Food Policy. We see the Deliver-e platform as a crucial contribution that will shape the results of the program.” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement during the Deliver-e Goes Live event on Monday, December 14, […]

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DA ALLOTS P8.5B TYPHOON AID TO FARMERS – DAR

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 […]

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DA GIVES QUEZON FARMERS, FISHERS P1.4B AID – DAR

The Department of Agriculture (DA) provided thousands of farmers, fishers, and indigenous peoples (IPs) in Quezon province P1.42-billion worth of farm and fishery inputs, farm machinery, livelihood projects, and cash and food aid to help them recover from the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and damages caused by strong typhoons. Agriculture Secretary William Dar […]

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MERGE DA, DAR TO BETTER SERVE FARMERS – PANGILINAN

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 […]

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DIGITAL CASH AID FOR FISHERS, FARMERS SOON – DAR

The Department of Agriculture (DA) will launch this November its newly-developed and first-of-its-kind e-voucher system for the efficient and transparent implementation of the Cash and Food Subsidy to Marginal Farmers and Fishers Program. Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) President Emmanuel Herbosa officially signed the Memorandum of Agreement and implementing […]