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The Department of Agriculture (DA) will not import onions for the remainder of the year as the harvest is expected to begin in the upcoming weeks, Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban said. Panganiban explained onion supply is not enough but the Department is not considering importation, since farmers will begin to harvest in January and February. […]
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, […]
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Kiko Pangilinan urged the government to employ the same strategy used to quash the “cocolisap” epidemic in 2014 against the “harabas” or army worms now attacking onion crops. “Ang tao may kakayanang mag-isip ng solusyon at magpatupad nang maayos na sistema. Ipatupad sa problema ng onion pests sa Mindoro ang mga […]
Vice-presidential candidate Senator Kiko Pangilinan vowed to help farmers in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro who are losing onions worth millions of pesos to armyworm (harabas) infestation. Pangilinan met with a group of farmers in Barangay Magbay to determine the extent of the armyworm damage inflicted on local onion farmers who are seeking national government intervention. […]