ASF hits Southern Leyte town, at least 150 hogs culled

01/27/2024

TACLOBAN CITY — The coastal town of Malitbog in Southern Leyte province was affected by the African swine fever or ASF for the first time, leading to the culling of at least 150 hogs, officials said. The…

NIA turns over 23 new excavators for Visayas regions

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 12/14/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — To optimize the irrigation systems and enhance agricultural productivity in the Visayas regions, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) turned over 23 new excavators here on December 13, 2023. The pieces of equipment were…

Micro rice retailers have until Oct. 6 to claim financial assistance

Futch Anthony Inso 10/05/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—Around 366 micro rice retailers in Central Visayas were given until Friday, October 6, 2023, to claim their financial assistance worth P15,000, under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and…

Rice price cap lifted 

Jean Mangaluz 10/04/2023

(UPDATED, 1:15 p.m., Wednesday) MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. lifted the rice price ceiling on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. In a rice distribution activity in Taguig City, Marcos announced that beginning this Wednesday, the…

Excelsior Farms and EGGcelsior Farm: Revolutionizing Modern Farming in the Philippines

Caryll Arcayan 09/18/2023

From what started as a pursuit to help the Philippines supply its own food, the organization’s creative minds are fueled by the dream of securing and sustaining pork and egg production nationwide. Slowly realizing that dream, Excelsior…

Compliance with rice price ceiling still low

Dexter Cabalza, Inquirer Bureaus, Jordeene B. Lagare 09/06/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Retail prices of rice in Metro Manila started to decline on Tuesday, the first day the price ceiling on the Filipino staple food took effect, according to a monitoring conducted by the Department of…

A farmer’s story: ‘There’s money in farming’

Futch Anthony Inso 06/06/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu— “Naay kwarta sa pag panguma.” (There’s money in farming.) This is what 24-year-old farmer Jetro Secretaria said as he shared how he chose to work on his parents’ farm instead of looking for a…

Kadiwa ng Pangulo cum TABO sa DA offers fresh, cheap agricultural products at

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/30/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) launched the Kadiwa ng Pangulo cum TABO sa DA at the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue City on Tuesday, May 30. Organized by DA-7, the…

Farmers urged to register to agriculture registry to avail of DA program benefits

Futch Anthony Inso 12/11/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — A farmer from Bantayan town in northern Cebu has encouraged other farmers to register to the Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture (RSBSA) so that they can avail of the benefits of…

DA-7 chief: Enough supply of chicken, pork meat, noche buena products in CV

Futch Anthony Inso 09/18/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines- The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) said that the region has enough supply of chicken and pork meat and other noche buena products. Dr. Joel Elumba, executive regional director of DA-7, said…

More than 2,000 farmers in Cebu City get stimulus package – CAD

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Agriculture Department (CAD) said that 2,000 out of 3,000 city farmers had already received the economic stimulus package. Engineer Joel Baclayon, current head of the CAD, said the aim of…

DBP bankrolls solar-powered irrigation systems in Lanao del Sur

PR 09/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines –State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a P115-million term loan for the installation of six solar-powered irrigation systems (SPIS) in one of the largest municipalities in the province of Lanao del…

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