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In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. announced that the Department of Agriculture (DA) will extend financial and technical assistance to farmers in the next planting season, to ensure an increase in the production of local agricultural commodities. Undersecretary-designate for Consumer and Political Affairs and spokesperson Kristine Evangelista said […]
Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Operations Engr. Arnel de Mesa met with members of the Technology Advice and Solutions from Korea (TASK) Expert Mission led by Dong Ho (Eric) Song of the Korea Agriculture Machinery Industry Cooperative (KAMICO) to discuss the implementation of the TASK Program for the Agricultural Machinery Industry in the Philippines at the […]
The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) has mobilized two units of KADIWA trucks loaded with 3 metric tons (MT) of assorted highland vegetables, dried fish, and other basic food items to the municipalities of San Quintin, Pidigan, Bangued, Tayum, Dolores, Lagangilang, and Bucay in the province of Abra, that was shaken […]
The city government of Cabadbaran in Agusan del Norte and the Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) opened a one-hectare demonstration farm to help boost vegetable production.DA-13 Regional Technical Director Rebecca Atega said the farm, which opened Monday, will benefit all farmers’ associations and cooperatives in the city. “We can now provide these […]
The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA), through its Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) and National Livestock Program (NLP), inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Minnesota (UMN) to capacitate the country against transboundary animal diseases (TADs). Areas of cooperation stated in the three-year MOU include knowledge-sharing through the exchange of faculty, scientists, and […]
The Department of Agriculture will focus on increasing agricultural production and mobilizing agricultural commodities at consumer-friendly prices under President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. Undersecretary-designate for Consumer and Political Affairs Kristine Evangelista reiterated the President’s previous statement to prioritize the stabilizing of prices—which escalated as a result of the Russia-Ukraine conflict—through intensified production of rice, corn, vegetables, […]
Adhering to President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s directives to attain food security in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are partnering for the implementation of the five-year Project on Market-Driven Enhancement of Vegetable Value Chain in the Philippines (MV2C). The MV2C is a technical cooperation project […]
To address current challenges faced by the poultry sector, particularly the imbalanced demand and supply ratio for chicken meat and egg, the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) met with industry stakeholders recently. Undersecretary Kristine Evangelista explained that the meeting was called to discuss strategies to bring down the cost. […]
With the increasing price of poultry brought about by higher demand for chicken and seemingly low poultry production, the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has put in place interventions following regular consultations with the industry stakeholders. According to BAI OIC-Director Reildrin Morales, BAI has lined up interventions that include […]
Citing the importance of food supply, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urged the executive management of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to work fast and attend to the food production matter properly. During a recent press conference at Malacañang, Marcos stressed that his key instructions to the DA is to focus on ensuring food supply for […]