FPA ready to help Lactobiotics Worldwide secure label expansion

Futch Anthony Inso 08/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines -The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) has expressed its commitment to work closely with Lactobiotics Worldwide Corporation to make sure that they comply with their regulatory requirements. In statement released on Tuesday, August 20,…

NFA buys 2.93 million bags of palay from local farmers

Jordeene B. Lagare 06/01/2024

The National Food Authority (NFA) is on track to exceed its goal for buying locally grown palay (unhusked rice) for the first half of this year after increasing purchase prices. On Friday, the NFA announced it had…

Lawmaker calls for repeal of Rice Tariffication Law

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 05/07/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Gabriela party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas emphasized that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. should prioritize endorsing a bill to repeal, rather than amend, Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law  (RTL) due…

Farmers’ group: Rice tariff law results to P44B in economic losses

Russel Loreto 05/06/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A farmers’ group wants to get rid of the rice tariffication law or Republic Act No. 11203. They don’t think the changes proposed by the House of Representatives will fix the problem of expensive rice.…

Use excess RCEF fund to aid rice farmers — Bongbong Marcos

Luisa Cabato 10/08/2023

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of Agriculture (DA) to utilize the excess Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) fund to help farmers. Marcos issued the directive during his recent meeting with the…

P13.4-B cash aid coming for 2.5M rice farmers

Nestor Corrales 10/01/2023

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has approved the release of a total of P13.4 billion in financial assistance to rice farmers to help sustain their productivity amid the El Niño phenomenon and other challenges faced by the…

Rice farmers in region to receive financial assistance from DA

Mary Rose Sagarino 05/31/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Rice farmers in the region will receive financial assistance from the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) next month. DA-7 OIC Director Joel Elumba said about 93,000 farmers in the region will…

DA-7 distributes cash subsidy to Toledo City, Pinamungajan farmers

Futch Anthony Sinso 01/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Farmers from the City of Toledo and the municipality of Pinamungajan have received P5,000 financial assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-7 on Monday, January 10, 2021. A total of P2.8 million were…

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…

PH rice farmers to receive cash subsidy from DA

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Rice farmers will receive P5,000 cash subsidy from the Department of Agriculture (DA) to help augment their needs amid the enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “Our rice farmers will receive…

Close to P400 million in projects allotted for Bohol agriculture sector

Irene R. Sino Cruz 01/28/2020

CEBU CITY–The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated close to P400 million for Bohol’s agriculture sector. This was disclosed by Agriculture Secretary William Dar when he delivered the keynote speech at the opening of the annual Ubi…

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