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…

DA confirms ASF case in Eastern Visayas

Joey Gabieta - @inquirerdotnet 01/16/2021

TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has confirmed the existence of African swine fever (ASF) in Eastern Visayas, particularly in Abuyog town, in Leyte province. According to Angel Enriquez, DA regional director, ASF has affected…

Buying plants at CREMDEC helps local Cebu City farmers

Immae Lachica 09/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— For all plant lovers out there, the Cebu City Resource Management and Development Center (Cremdec) in Barangay Taptap should be your destination for your next plant-shopping run. Read: Are you a ‘plantito’ or ‘plantita’ of…

Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger

AP 09/01/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside. United Nations experts were holding an online conference beginning Tuesday to brainstorm…

DA to release cash aid to over 64K rice farmers in Bohol, NegOr

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/07/2020

CEBU City, Philippines—The Department of Agriculture (DA) will soon release the P5,000 cash subsidy for over 64,000 rice farmers in the provinces of Bohol and Negros Oriental. In a statement posted on its Facebook page, DA-7 regional…

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