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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), […]
The Philippine Senate has approved the proposed P85.58-billion budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA), including those of its bureaus, and attached agencies and corporations. Senator Cynthia Villar sponsored and defended virtually the proposed DA budget and that of the National Irrigation Administration (at P31.56B) before her colleagues, who were present physically and virtually at […]
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 […]
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 […]
With the declaration of state calamity in Luzon, that was badly battered by a series of typhoons, the Department of Agriculture (DA) — in tandem with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and local government units (LGUs), through their respective local price coordinating councils (LPCCs) — will […]
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 […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar, as Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security (CORDS), urged concerned government agencies to craft needed guidelines, including tasking and manning, to effectively implement the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program in the Cordillera. “We should all have a deeper appreciation and understanding of the implementing guidelines and mechanics of the […]
All member-countries have an equal right to challenge each other whenever there are trade complaints lodged before the World Trade Organization (WTO). Thus, is the reply of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to a letter received recently through the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) from the Government of Brazil regarding the ban imposed by the […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has started an investigation on a possible deliberate effort by traders to withhold the release of pork products in the market, thereby causing high prices. Based on data, there is a significant inventory of both locally-slaughtered and imported pork in cold storage facilities accredited by the Department of Agriculture’s National […]
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) forecasts that production of palay (paddy rice) for the third quarter (Q3) of the year, based on standing crop as of September 1, 2020, would reach 3.542 million metric tons (MMT), 16.1 percent more than last year’s harvest of 3.051 MMT for the same three-month period. “The 16.1% increase in […]