AGRICULTURE Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said that the Department of Agriculture (DA) will compensate farmers in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) who were forced to dispose of their vegetables due to oversupply and lack of means to transport the harvest to market.
Read More »DA to compensate Cordillera farmers for dumped crops
DAVAO City Investment Promotion Center (DCIPC) officer-in-charge Lemuel Ontorio said the city is looking for investments on logistics for agribusinesses.
Read More »Agri-logistics investors wanted
On January 9, 2019, Leading global crop protection company, ADAMA Ltd. (the “Company”) (SZSE 000553), announced that the Company’s shares will begin trading under the name “ADAMA” on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”) at market open tomorrow, January 10, 2019.
MANILA — The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is currently working to establish institutional agreements with industry boards (IBs) or industry associations (IAs), an executive told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Wednesday.
Read More »TESDA to establish institutional arrangements with industries
MANILA — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will assist at least 10 new research centers this year and at the same time will also urge industry-academe partnership for research and development (R&D) in every region, Secretary Fortunato dela Pena told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Wednesday.
Read More »DOST to capacitate 10 new research centers in 2019
The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has adopted 19 opinions for harmonised classification and labelling, including opinions on the environmental hazards of lead, other industrial chemicals as well as 12 pesticides and biocides.
Read More »ECHA adopt harmonised classification and labelling opinions for some pesticides
MANILA — Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said government is seriously considering the possible tightening up on palm oil importations, particularly those coming from Indonesia, to prevent a flooding in the local market and at the same time address the trade gap between countries.
Read More »PH mulls stricter rules on Indonesian palm oil imports
The Philippines has informed the Spanish government of its desire to update the existing memorandum on agricultural cooperation between Manila and Madrid to further strengthen trade cooperation between the two countries.
Read More »PH seeks to update agri deal with Spain
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that to this day, Philippine society remains deeply rooted in agriculture. Going by the World Bank‘s 2017 numbers, about 27.7% of the Filipino workforce is engaged in agricultural industries, with agriculture accounting for 9.7% of the country’s GDP.
Read More »Dr. Ricardo M. Lantican: The Filipino Whose Research Changed Four Industries
The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) recently organized an inception meeting… Read More »The Philippines: Biofungicide for tomato and eggplant project set in motion