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The Department of Agriculture urged Congress to restore the National Food Authority’s function as a rice price stabilizer and increase its fund allocation for programs to enhance rice production and farmers’ incomes as lawmakers’ deliberate on measures seeking to extend the Rice Tariffication Law. In his report to the House of Representatives’ Committee on Agriculture […]
“We recognize the significant role of horticulture and urban agriculture, and what it does, and its role in our nation’s food security, economic growth, and sustainability,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. said at the Pagsibol: Philippine Horticulture and Urban Agriculture Summit 2024. During the event opening, Tiu Laurel expressed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA’s) […]
The “Buwan ng Kalutong Pilipino” or “Filipino Food Month” (FFM) is celebrated on the month of April every year, following the signing of Proclamation No. 469. This nationwide initiative aims to raise appreciation, preserve, promote, and ensure that our rich culinary traditions and treasures are passed on to the future generations. This year, FFM reflected […]
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. has approved the importation of 25,000 metric tons of pelagic fish species in the last quarter of 2024, which must arrive in the country before January 15 next year. The importation is in anticipation of reduced fish supply due to the implementation of the three-month closed fishing season that […]
The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) will require a budget of P30.1 billion to finance a four-year upgrade of over a dozen regional and subregional seaports into deep-water ports as part of the Department of Agriculture’s broader vision of transforming these facilities into agri-logistics hubs across the archipelago. Aside from deepening access channels to the […]
The Department of Agriculture will pour more investments to agriculture as part of the national government’s support to local farmers and fishermen. During a visit to the Sentrong Pamilihan ng mga Produktong Agrikultural in Sariaya, Quezon, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. stressed the importance of extending support to farmers from production to marketing and […]
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. supports the proposed extension of the Rice Tariffication Law subject to modifications that will ensure optimum impact on modernizing agriculture, enhancing farm productivity and improving rice farmers’ competitiveness and income. “Definitely, I think it should be extended. But there should be adjustments so we can adapt to the times,” Tiu Laurel […]
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. is confident Philippine tobacco could make the grade for new smoke-free products that could help reverse the decline in local leaf production and boost earnings for millions of Filipino farmers dependent on the high-value crop. Speaking at the inauguration of the P2.2-billion manufacturing facility of Philip Morris International and […]
As part of the national government’s continuing support to Bicolano farmers, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. led the distribution of more than P75.03 million worth of financial aid and farm equipment in Pili, Camarines Sur recently. This includes P10.64-million financial aid under the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Rice Farmers Financial Assistance to benefit 2,128 […]
Batanes fish farmers will soon have their own local source of tilapia fingerlings as the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the Local Government of Itbayat inaugurated recently the province’s first-ever Municipal Tilapia Hatchery in Barangay Raele in the island municipality of Itbayat. Equipped with breeding, nursery, and treatment […]