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Veterinarians will also now be exempted from the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine now being enforced to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Agriculture Secretary William Dar has assured. In a Palace press briefing, Dar said veterinarians will also be allowed to travel within Luzon based based on the quarantine’s guidelines. “Essential farm […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the movement of all food and production items must be unhampered amid the implementation of a Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. Dar said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has instructed the Philippine National Police (PNP) to allow the unimpeded transit of cargoes in all […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has confirmed the detection of avian flu in a quail farm in a barangay in the town of Jaen in Nueva Ecija. The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) of Nueva Ecija received reports of increased mortalities of 1,500 out of 15,000 quails in one farm in Barangay. Ulanin-Pitak, Jaen, Nueva Ecija […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has assured the public that there is enough food in Metro Manila public markets and through outlets of DA-initiated “Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita,” and “FishDA on the Go” as the entire Luzon is placed under enhanced community quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We call on the general public […]
Benguet farmers who are already feeling the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will receive assistance from the government, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has guaranteed. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said he would direct the DA’s regional office to help address the problems currently being faced by the Benguet farmers. “They will get assistance. […]
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar and Abra Governor Maria Jocelyn Bernos recently led the groundbreaking ceremony for an agri-tourism site in Tayum which will double as a training area for farmers. Bernos said the project site is a 34.293-hectare lot situated in Barangay Gaddani. “Having this spacious area in Tayum, why not utilize […]
The government was able to raise P14 billion from tariffs on rice imports during the first year of the implementation of the rice tariffication law (RTL). During the RTL’s anniversary celebration in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Department of Finance (DOF) Executive Assistant Renzo Enrico Blanco said the government collected P12.31 billion in 2019, and P1.71 billion […]
As more cases of the African swine fever (ASF) were seen in Camarines Sur, Agriculture Secretary William Dar appealed to hog raisers anew to stop selling and transporting pork and pork products infected with the animal-borne disease. In a press briefing in Malacañang, Dar said the 1.85 percent of the 12.8 million hog inventory were […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated warehouses with dryers in eight places in Nueva Ecija, including Talavera, in a bid to help reduce post-harvest losses among rice farmers. This was disclosed by Agriculture Secretary William Dar after gracing the inauguration of the first of 80 Rice and Corn Education Farms (EduFarm) to be built […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is bent on helping mango farmers beat the kurikong (cecid fly) infestation and enable them to increase the yield of quality fruits for the domestic and export markets. “Together, let us harness the power of science and technology to pro-actively get rid of kurikong and other major concerns confronting our mango industry,” said […]