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At least 180 metric tons of assorted vegetables from the typhoon Maring-affected provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and Bicol were delivered to the Balintawak Cloverleaf Market in Quezon City recently. This is in line with the efforts of the government, under the Department of Agriculture (DA), to ensure the availability and affordability […]
Following stories on the damage brought about by Typhoon Maring to agricultural production areas in the country, Agriculture Secretary William Dar vowed to continue working on reforms for the Philippine agriculture sector. “Typhoons are our norm, yet we do not have to be so desensitized. We have to fight, foremost, desensitization, complacency, and stubborn traditionalism in […]
The Albay provincial local government unit (LGU) accepted the challenge of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to pilot the Province-led Agriculture and Fisheries Extension System (PAFES) in the Bicol Region. Agriculture Secretary William Dar, Albay Governor Al Francis Bichara, and DA-Bicol Regional Field Office Director Rodel Tornilla concretized their partnership for the PAFES implementation through […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted an initial P822-million worth of various interventions to assist farmers and fisherfolk affected by “Typhoon Maring” that caused damage to major crops, livestock, and fishery products, mostly in Northern Luzon (Regions 1, 2, and CAR). “We will continue to provide our typhoon and flood-affected farmers and fisherfolk in […]
Intensifying the food production initiatives of the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the promotion of urban farming, a newly-opened “Urban Agri Hydro Hub Learning Center” was inaugurated recently at The Pop Up Katipunan in Quezon City. “This launch serves as our first step in reaching our goal. Today, we established our country’s first urban farming […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) declared Abuyog, Leyte free from African swine fever (ASF), after the first case in the entire Visayas was detected in a barangay last January. Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the ASF-free declaration level 1 inside the campus of Abuyog Community College after no new ASF case has been reported in […]
Australia decided to lift its anti-dumping measure on Philippine canned pineapples, 15 years after it was first imposed. This means that, under the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA), the Philippines can already export canned pineapples duty-free to Australia once the measure expires on 17 October 2021 for consumer canned pineapples, and on 13 November […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the inauguration of the country’s first Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) Shrimp Hatchery and Broodstock Development Center in Barangay Labasan, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro recently. “It’s such a historic occasion to really emphasize that Oriental Mindoro is home to the first DA-BFAR Shrimp Hatchery in the country. Hindi […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar urged anew local government units (LGUs), particularly those in top rice-producing provinces, to help the government buy palay directly from farmers to prop up prices this main cropping season. “It is that time of the year again, wherein we are counting on the continued support of LGUs, including multi-purpose farmers’ cooperatives […]
To sustain and scale-up local agribusinesses and open more economies in the time of the new normal, Agriculture Secretary William Dar inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Go Negosyo and the LandBank of the Philippines (LBP) for the promotion of inclusive growth through financial inclusivity and accessibility of agriprenuers, farmers, and fishers, mentored under […]