‘Golden Rice’ gets safety approval in PH

Maricar Cinco - Inquirer.net 12/20/2019

SAN PEDRO CITY—The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Plant Industry has approved the biosafety permit of “Golden Rice,” putting the genetically engineered rice variety a step closer to commercial production in the Philippines. Golden Rice was…

DA-7: Rice farmers in Central Visayas may not qualify for P5K cash aid

Futch Anthony Inso 12/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Rice farmers in Central Visayas may not be qualified to receive the P5,000 financial assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA). The cash assistance was intended for small rice farmers, who were mostly…

Cebu provincial vet questions DA’s amendment on ASF protocol

Rosalie Abatayo 10/16/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Dr. Mary Rose Vincoy, Cebu provincial veterinarian, questioned the move of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to modify the protocol in zones affected with African Swine Fever (ASF). In an interview on Wednesday,…

Piñol extends support to young Cebuano scientist for bioplastic invention

Immae Lachica 07/31/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Young scientist Denxybel Montinola’s bioplastic invention made out of mango peelings and seaweeds has caught the attention of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol. In his Facebook post last July 30, Piñol shared CDN Digital’s…

Sweet side of El Niño: 2M kilos of surplus mangoes

06/05/2019

  MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) finds itself in a sweet bind. It is faced with a surplus of 2 million kilos of mangoes from the recent harvest, which has brought prices down to…

NFA restructuring under way

/INQ.net 05/20/2019

The restructuring of the country’s grains agency National Food Authority (NFA) has finally begun more than a month after the government released the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the rice import liberalization law. The Department of…

DA-7: Central Visayas safe from African Swine Fever

Immae Lachica 02/19/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – Following reports of an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak, Salvador Diputado, Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7), reassured that the whole of Central Visayas has no reported case of the…

NGO files petition for mandamus against DA, BFAR

Jessa Mae Sotto 10/19/2018

Non-government organization Oceana filed on Friday (October 19) a petition seeking the issuance of a writ of mandamus against the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). The petition seeks to…

Duterte gives NFA supervision to DA; reorganizes NFA Council

Inquirer.net 09/19/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has returned the jurisdiction of the National Food Authority (NFA) under the Department of Agriculture (DA.) Duterte signed Executive Order No. 62 on September 17, repealing his Executive Order No. 1 in 2016, which…

Shop local, support local at Ayala Center Cebu’s TienDA

PR 11/24/2017

Ayala Center Cebu, the region’s premier lifestyle destination, is set to offer the freshest farm produce at farm gate prices through TienDA Sa Ayala Malls, happening from November 25-26 from 8 AM to 5 PM at The…

DA pushes for projects to aid farmers

Winston P. Ensomo 08/18/2017

  DEPARTMENT of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol pledges to provide support to Filipino farmers. Speaking before the mango stakeholders of Eastern and Central Visayas in a forum in Mandaue City on Tuesday, Piñol acknowledged the agriculture sector…

‘Crising’ wreaks P3.3M damage to crops in Carmen

Izobelle T. Pulgo 04/20/2017

DAMAGE to crops in Carmen town brought about by Tropical Depression Crising is initially assessed at P3.3 million. Ramero Pungtod, officer in charge of the agriculture office of Carmen, said nine barangays in the municipality incurred damage…

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