The Department of Agriculture (DA) has created a unit that will craft and implement a “Build, Build, Build (BBB) program for the farm sector to improve rural productivity and increase the income of local planters.
Read More »Dar: DA unit to focus on BBB program for agriculture sector
LOS BAOS, Laguna The agriculture and science community in the Philippines celebrated the launch of AsiConnect Ricestats Database: Leveraging the Cloud for Rice Statistics and Analytics.
Read More »Cloud computing to help PHL rice sector
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will request Malacaang to issue an executive order (EO) that would compel local government units (LGUs) to observe the national governments African swine fever (ASF) zoning plan.
Read More »DA pitches EO on nationwide ASF zoning plan
A breed of rice genetically engineered to combat vitamin A deficiency has received approval from regulators in the Philippines.
Read More »Philippines Approves GMO Rice to Fight Malnutrition
COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) hopes to become a major investment destination in the country as the Regional Board of Investments (RBOI) recorded PHP4.1 billion worth of financing in 2019 which is 80 percent higher compared to last year’s PHP2.5 billion.
Read More »BARMM seen as major investment destination in 2020
AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION likely sustained growth this quarter despite storms that cost the sector about P4 billion worth of losses, a Cabinet official and private sector experts said in recent interviews.
Read More »Farm growth expected to have steadied
MANILA The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry has granted a biosafety permit for the direct use of the vitamin A-enriched rice variety, Golden Rice, as food and feed or for processing (FFP).
Read More »Golden Rice gets biosafety approval as food, feed
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 18 — The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Department of Agriculture (DA)led by Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez and Secretary William D. Dar, respectively said the recommendations forwarded by the participants at the Sulong Pilipinas 2019 Agribusiness Summit will be presented to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for immediate action.
Read More »DA, DOF assure swift action on recommendations at Sulong Pilipinas Agribusiness Summit
TEN Filipino coffee farmers have recently received training grants to expand their knowledge and skills on coffee farming and processing, boost their productivity and help arrest the declining supply of locally grown coffee in the Philippines.
Read More »PH, Indonesia sign agreement to train Filipino coffee farmers
Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), which is where all the tariff collected from imported rice should go, has bankrolled the distribution of inbred rice seeds across 46 provinces.
Read More »RCEF distributes inbred seeds in 46 provinces