THE Philippines needs to reform its agriculture sector to attract foreign investors and boost economic growth, according to an official with the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham).
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ALANG-ALANG, Leyte The owners of an agribusiness company based in this town called on rice farmers to embrace modern methods to boost their income. Patrick… Read More »Agri-company helps farmers
BUTUAN CITY The Department of Agriculture Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) extended support to the banana production and trading facility of the Kinabugawan Farmers Producers Cooperative… Read More »DA-PRDP supports banana production of farmers in Agusan del Sur
Benjamin Laviña, a farmer from Laguna, has been planting rice for more than 40 years now. Come harvest time, Laviña gets only the grains, and burns the stems and leaves—or the rice straw—for disposal.
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Two Philippine-based international agencies co-organized a multisectoral workshop on biodiversity in food and agriculture in Thailand. The Multisectoral Workshop on Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Food and… Read More »2 PHL-based international agencies mainstreaming agriculture biodiversity
Every two years, something big happens in the city of Cheonan in South Korea. This is KIEMSTA 2018, the Korea International Exhibition for Machinery Equipment,… Read More »Korean expo showcases latest high-tech farm equipment
A lawmaker has sought the passage of a bill seeking to provide firmer guidelines on the protection of farmers and farmworkers. Deputy Speaker and AAMBIS-OWA… Read More »Lawmaker pushes measure protecting farmers, farmworkers from harmful chemicals
LOS BANOS, Laguna, Dec. 7 — How to meet the needs of increasing and changing food demands while conserving biodiversity, and ultimately achieving sustainable development?… Read More »Challenge for ASEAN: How to produce food, conserve biodiversity for sustainable development
RECENTLY, the mayor and residents of La Trinidad, Benguet went to court to ask for an environmental protection order against chicken manure dealers. The warehouses… Read More »Pena: Chicken manure as fertilizer
Two weeks ago, the chief of the Department of Agriculture (DA) raised the possibility that the Philippines has become a dumping ground for cheap palm oil. (See “Surge in palm oil import raises fears of dumping,” BusinessMirror, November 23, 2018). The figures cited by Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol are, indeed, quite alarming.