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“Investment in agriculture can help revive food production and create jobs following a crisis and enable rural communities to recover.” According to Agriculture Secretary William Dar, the government must continue to partner with local government units and the private sector, to increase food sufficiency levels, and modernize and industrialize the country’s agri-fishery sector. Emphasizing the […]
The Department of Agriculture is enhancing its preparations for wet cropping season this June. During a Laging Handa public briefing, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the department will cover an estimated total area of 2.5 million hectares for wet season planting. “We will cover almost 2.5 million hectares.” “We will cover almost 2.5 million hectares […]
The country’s agriculture sector is expected to play a major role in pursuing a socio-economic response framework to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic recovery efforts. “For us to rise stronger from this COVID-19 crisis, the government must encourage the development of an agriculture-driven economy,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar at the opening of the Farmers’ […]
Looking at young millennials as the future of Philippine agriculture, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to engage 900 fresh agriculture graduates (batch 2019-2020) as “frontliners” to assist as implementers of agriculture programs in each congressional district nationwide. “We need young blood in agriculture. They have the defining attributes when it comes to utilizing […]
The beneficiaries of the Financial Subsidy to Rice Farmers (FSRF) program can claim their assistance through over-the-counter bank transactions, Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar said. In a virtual interview during the latest Laging Handa briefing, Dar said they have accelerated the distribution of financial assistance to rice farmers amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine […]
Amid the growing demand for food pack distribution, Agriculture Secretary William Dar once again appealed to local government units down to the barangay level to source out produce from local farmers. “On top of distributing canned goods and processed products, we urge our LGUs to prioritize buying fresh produce from our farmers. It’s a win-win […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
While scientists are racing against time to come up with a treatment protocol and vaccine against the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (2019-nCoV ARD) Agriculture Secretary William Dar is advising Filipinos to boost their immune system. “Let’s heed and support the call of the Department of Health to boost our body’s immune system to fight […]