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Senator Cynthia Villar, representing the Villar SIPAG Farm School, recently launched the Farmer’s Field School on Sustainable Pig Farming (FFS SPF), in partnership with the Agricultural Training Institute of the International Training Center on Pig Husbandry (ATI-ICPH). Fifty participants from Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Las Pinas have signed up for the 20-week training which […]
The Villar SIPAG (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance) recently conducted a 10-day training on freshwater aquaculture as an alternative source of livelihood where 31 trainees completed modules and hands-on activities on the art of fish food processing, aquascaping and aquaponics. In coordination with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region […]
Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Agriculture and Food committee, underscored the significant contribution of cooperatives to combat poverty in the Philippines. Villar noted that cooperatives are truly the government and the private sector’s partners in promoting agriculture-driven growth and entrepreneurial development. The veteran legislator believes that nothing can equal the assistance being […]
The House committee on natural resources chaired by Rep. Arnel Ty (Party-list, LPGMA) has approved House Bill 6625 which seeks to promote the development of the Philippine bamboo industry by streamlining policies that restrict its growth. The proposed measure entitled: “An Act Classifying Bamboo As An Unregulated Forest Product And For Other Purposes” […]
This year’s OFW and Family Summit will focus on giving livelihood opportunities to overseas Filipino workers in agriculture. Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food and director of the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (Villar SIPAG) gave this statement during the Kapihan sa Senado media forum. […]
Senator Cynthia Villar called on all stakeholders to support the National Organic Agriculture Program (NOAP) to boost the export of organic agricultural products and improve their competitiveness in the US 2.3-trillion aggregate economic size ASEAN market. NOAP is the blueprint of the development and promotion of organic agriculture in the Philippines. It covers the […]
The Villar SIPAG (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance) Farm School conducted a two-day training on corn cultivation and corn production specific to sloping areas. In partnership with Syngenta, the training was launched at the Villar SIPAG Farm School in Bacoor City, Cavite, with 100 participants from the National Capital Region (NCR), Rizal, […]
On World Food Day, Senator Loren Legarda stressed the importance of providing the necessary support for agriculture, especially for small farmers, and the establishment of community vegetable gardens around the country to address hunger and malnutrition and achieve food security. Legarda said that the Second Quarter 2017 Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed that […]
The House special committee on food security chaired by Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva (2nd District, Negros Occidental) approved a substitute bill seeking to promote integrated urban agricultural development in all metropolitan areas nationwide to address food security concerns. The unnumbered bill titled “Integrated Urban Agriculture Act” substituted House Bills 2818, 4337, 4354 and 4422 […]
The bicameral conference committee on the bill providing free irrigation services to small farmers has reconciled the disagreeing provisions of the versions of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food and head of the Senate panel, said the bicameral conference committee on […]