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Two months into the rainy season and with Congress resuming session next week, a party-list representing the agriculture sector urged the Senate to pass its counterpart bill expanding insurance coverage for farmers and fisherfolk––a measure that if passed will benefit 5.5 million small-hold farms and 1.7 million fishermen who are most vulnerable to the effects […]
The Departments of Agriculture (DA), Trade and Industry (DTI), Science and Technology (DOST), Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Agrarian Reform (DAR), together with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), Philippine Rubber Industries Association (PRIA), Philippine Rubber Farmers Association (PRFA), and the University of Southern Mindanao have embarked on a […]
Senator Cynthia Villar recognized the crucial role of the Bureau of Agriculture & Fisheries Standards (BAFS) to ensure consumer safety while promoting the competitiveness of agriculture and fisheries products in the Philippines. “It is a two-fold goal that should not be at the expense of one or the other,” said Villar during the 19th Year […]
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, […]