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The Department of Agriculture (DA) joined the Philippine Food Festival at the Centre Communautaire de Joli Bois in Brussels, Belgium recently. In its third year, the Philippine Food Festival serves as a venue to introduce and promote Philippine cuisine and delicacies to the international community. It included home-cooked dishes that are popular in different regions […]
The Philippine government, through the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the French government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty and the Bureau of Exportation and International Partnership, organized the 2nd Philippines-France Agriculture Forum recently. With the theme, “Improving the integration of small-hold farmers and fisherfolks in the global value chain for agricultural commodities through […]
The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has delivered on its commitment to bring agricultural products straight from the farmers to the consumers through a partnership between the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of National Defense (DND), which has mobilized the Philippine Army (PA) for this initiative. With the assistance from the PA’s […]
The Department of Agriculture-National Dairy Authority (DA-NDA) celebrated its 28th Foundation Anniversary with the theme, “NDA at 28: Patungo sa Masaganang Industriya ng Pagatasan”. “As we celebrate this milestone, we recognize the crucial role that the NDA plays in our pursuit of a prosperous and sustainable dairy industry. Since its establishment, the NDA has been […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) welcomed the Republic of Korea – Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (ROK-MAFRA)’s donation of 400 metric tons of milled rice, which will be distributed to 10,000 families affected by flooding and landslides in Oriental Mindoro through the DA – National Food Authority (NFA) and the Department of Social […]
The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. continues to promote the direct marketing platform designed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) that provides consumers access to quality and safe food items, while ensuring farm producers have a ready market. The Kadiwa ng Pangulo (KNP) is a spill-over of the DA’s marketing strategy dubbed Kadiwa ng […]
In line with the directive of President and concurrent Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to address hunger and make nutritious food available for every Filipino, the DA spearheads this year’s celebration of the Filipino Food Month (FFM)— also called Buwan ng Kalutong Pilipino —in collaboration with the Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement (PCHM), […]
As part of the fruit export deal secured by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during his state visit in China, the Philippines is estimated to start its annual export of at least 54,000 metric tons of premium fresh durian to China this year. Stakeholders are now beefing up their production to meet the high demands entailed […]
The Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Inspectorate and Enforcement (DA IE) confiscated smuggled agri-fishery products amounting to P120 million during a series of raids on seven storage facilities in San Rafael Village, Navotas City. The initiative is in accordance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to strengthen the Department’s fight against agricultural […]
As part of the government’s campaign to stop the rampant agricultural smuggling that has affected the Philippine agricultural and fishery sectors for many years, the Department of Agriculture (DA) under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Inspectorate and Enforcement (IE) has acted on two containers under consignee Abucayan Business and Trade, which were placed on […]