Salt industry revival plan to start with ‘profiling’ – DA

Jordeene B. Lagare - @inquirerdotnet 09/16/2022

MANILA, Philippines — After many years of neglect, the country’s salt industry is finally getting much-needed attention through a P100-million revitalization program to be implemented by the Department of Agriculture (DA). The DA issued on Wednesday the…

Food crisis, high costs to test Bongbong Marcos as agri chief

Jordeene Lagare, The Inquirer Bureaus 06/22/2022

With just days before he sits as agriculture secretary, President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will have to contend with numerous challenges that threaten the country’s food supply and stymied the growth of the farm sector for decades. Outgoing…

P20 per kilo price of rice ‘not yet possible,’ says agri chief

Neil Arwin Mercado 06/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Based on current data, lowering the price of rice to P20 a kilo is “not yet possible” as of the moment, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar said Wednesday. Dar said that prior…

P6 per kilogram increase in rice prices feared

Jordeene Lagare 06/08/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos may find it even more difficult to make ends meet as rice prices may increase by as much as P6 per kilogram by the end of this year due mainly to the rising…

DA issues rules for rabbit importation

Jordeene Lagare 06/05/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued guidelines on the importation of rabbits as an alternative to pork, which many local farmers have stopped producing. The DA said an importer must apply for an import clearance…

DA mulls swine multiplier and breeder farms in Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/19/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) vowed to provide additional assistance for pig farmers and raisers if it meant ensuring steady supply of pork and live hogs in Cebu. Usec. William Medrano of the…

Poe to DA: Include galunggong in price freeze, punish profiteering

Inquirer.net 01/25/2021

MANILA, Philippines — Senator Grace Poe on Monday urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to include galunggong (round scad) in its price freeze, as well as to identify and punish those manipulating prices. Poe issued the call…

PH expects to buy abroad at least 1.69 million MT of rice this year

Karl R. Ocampo 01/09/2021

The country must import at least 1.69 million metric tons (MT) of rice this year to augment supply and secure a sufficient buffer stock, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. However, the volume of rice imports could…

DA hands P91M worth of aid to Cebu farmers, fishermen

Doris C. Bongcac 12/08/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Qualified farmers and fishermen in Cebu received P91 million worth of aid from the Department of Agriculture (DA) to make sure that are able to produce food for the Cebuanos during the pandemic.…

DA launches new finance program to encourage millennials do agribusiness 

Karl Ocampo - Philippine Daily Inquirer 07/08/2020

MANILA, Philippines — With only a few millennials seeing a future in agriculture, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched its first digitized financing program to bridge one gap that hinders the youth from venturing into agribusiness:…

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…

Solar-powered irrigation system helps rice farmers in Bohol 

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Despite the enhanced community quarantine, farmers in Carmen, Bohol started planting at their rice fields, encouraged by the newly installed solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) at the municipality.  Salvador Diputado, region al executive director of the…

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