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As the price cap on pork products goes on its second week, Senator Kiko Pangilinan urged the Department of Agriculture to focus its initiatives to overcome the effects of the African swine fever (ASF) on backyard hog-raisers. “We welcome DA’s P500 million worth of interest-free loans payable in three to five years, initially set aside […]
A few hours after the announcement was posted on social media calling for applicants under the Mentoring and Attracting Youth in Agribusiness (MAYA) program of the Department of Agriculture (DA), the online system was deluged with interested individuals, exceeding by four-fold the required number of interns. “It’s a good indication that many of our youth […]
As the 60-day price ceiling on pork and chicken products started on February 8, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said the Department of Agriculture (DA) must confiscate hoarded food and return these to markets. “Sa DA nanggaling na may mga nag-ho-hoard ng pagkain. Kumpiskahin ang mga ito at ibenta, of course after the necessary sanitary and safety […]
In support of the implementation of the price cap, as per Executive Order 124, the Department of Agriculture (DA) will extend zero-interest loans as operating capital to market vendors’ associations in Metro Manila (MM) public markets. “This will enable them to buy pork carcasses directly from hog raisers and major agricultural commodities from farmers’ cooperatives […]
It is “all systems go” for the transport of hogs from Mindanao, Visayas, and some parts of Luzon to Metro Manila markets to be sold at the ceiling price imposed by virtue of Executive Order (EO) 124. Over the weekend, Agriculture Secretary William Dar met with hog producers from the Soccsksargen region to discuss collaborative […]
The creation of a government task force on economic intelligence (Econ Intel) to go after profiteers, price manipulators, hoarders, and smugglers was approved by President Rodrigo Duterte and the Cabinet during a recent meeting in Malacañang. Initially, the task force will go after unscrupulous traders, viajeros, and wholesalers — who have unreasonably jacked up the prices […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) presented several “whole-of-nation” measures to increase hog production and revive the industry, and reduce prices of pork in retail markets. These include the provision of transport support to help raisers and traders bring their hogs and pork products from Visayas and Mindanao to key markets in Metro Manila (MM). Agriculture […]
Following the success of a pioneering rice-vegetable production and marketing project in Lupao, Nueva Ecija, Agriculture Secretary William Dar has directed all DA regional field offices (RFOs), bureaus, and attached agencies, and corporations to “adopt a town or city” within their respective area as part of the Duterte administration’s Plant, Plant, Plant program to increase […]
The country’s provincial governors, and city and municipal mayors have expressed strong support to the Department of Agriculture (DA), under the leadership of Secretary William Dar, in the implementation of the Duterte administration’s national programs to further develop and modernize the country’s agri-fishery sector amid the challenging times. In a manifesto of support, the local […]
Despite the “perfect storm” that ravaged the country in 2020, the agriculture and fishery sector showed its resilience as it contracted by only 1.2 percent. “We believe that despite the Taal Volcano eruption, the COVID-19 pandemic, the continued incidence of the African swine fever (ASF), and the series of strong typhoons, the country’s agriculture and fishery […]