Credit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 15:00:17 +0000
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is planning to put up P2 billion worth of cold storage facilities in five major seaports in the country as part of efforts to intensify quarantine measures against smuggled items. “The Cabinet has approved [the budget for it,] so the plan is ready. We already told the DBM (Department of […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Eireene Jairee Gomez| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:30:15 +0000
SOME 46 out of 57 target provinces have received 341,203 bags (20 kilogram/bag) of inbred rice seeds under the seed program of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), according to the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rice Research Institute. In its latest program report, it said the 46 provinces, which make up 81 percent of the accomplishment, included 282 […]
Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 21:34:06 +0000
Malacañang on Thursday said it would direct concerned agencies to investigate reports that the Philippines was losing P33 billion a year from damaged reef ecosystems.
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Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:10:51 +0000
The DA has banned the importation of domestic and wild pigs as well as other pork products from Laos amid reported outbreaks of African Swine Fever.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 21:00:51 +0000
The Sandiganbayan third division has ordered the suspension of Iligan City Rep. Frederick Siao for 90 days
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:13:49 +0000
Damage to agricultural products due to the threat of El Niño has reached P5.7 billion, an official from the Department of Agriculture disclosed on Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:14:22 +0000
The Department of Agriculture is strengthening its watch against the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) entering the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:14:22 +0000
The Department of Agriculture is strengthening its watch against the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) entering the country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:11:06 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday reported that damage to rice and corn farms due to the El Niño phenomenon has reached P5.05 billion.
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Read moreCredit to Author: lalos| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:36:53 +0000
BONGABON, NUEVA ECIJA — The plight of onion growers in this province could provide a peek at the impact of the push to liberalize agricultural imports on Filipino farmers. Take the case of onion farmer Camilo de Guzman. De Guzman, 45, deferred his harvest of onions for days, waiting for farm-gate prices to increase from […]
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