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The Department of Agriculture (DA) said the country’s rice supply remains adequate amid the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine imposed to contain the coronavirus disease pandemic. In a Laging Handa press briefing, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said around 1.3 million metric tons (MT) of rice purchased by private importers have yet to be delivered to boost […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will set up more ‘Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita’ outlets to serve more consumers in Metro Manila, providing them fresh farm and fishery products at affordable prices. Following the success of the Kadiwa outlet launched recently at the DA’s Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), along Elliptical Road in Quezon City, Agriculture […]
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the request of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for a P31-billion supplemental budget to fund the ‘Plant, Plant, Plant Program’ or Agri 4Ps to boost the country’s food adequacy level during the emergency situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We thank […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Department of Health (DOH) have forged an agreement to reactivate the Local Price Coordination Councils (LPCCs) to closely monitor the prices of farm and fishery products, processed goods, and medicines sold in Metro Manila and other urban centers nationwide during the Luzon-wide […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has assured that food will be available from production to consumption during the enhanced community quarantine through its Food Resiliency and Recovery Action Plan, as adopted by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-IED). “The threat of hunger is as real as the threat of COVID-19,” Agriculture Secretary […]
Veterinarians will also now be exempted from the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine now being enforced to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Agriculture Secretary William Dar has assured. In a Palace press briefing, Dar said veterinarians will also be allowed to travel within Luzon based based on the quarantine’s guidelines. “Essential farm […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has confirmed the detection of avian flu in a quail farm in a barangay in the town of Jaen in Nueva Ecija. The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) of Nueva Ecija received reports of increased mortalities of 1,500 out of 15,000 quails in one farm in Barangay. Ulanin-Pitak, Jaen, Nueva Ecija […]
Benguet farmers who are already feeling the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will receive assistance from the government, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has guaranteed. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said he would direct the DA’s regional office to help address the problems currently being faced by the Benguet farmers. “They will get assistance. […]
The government was able to raise P14 billion from tariffs on rice imports during the first year of the implementation of the rice tariffication law (RTL). During the RTL’s anniversary celebration in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Department of Finance (DOF) Executive Assistant Renzo Enrico Blanco said the government collected P12.31 billion in 2019, and P1.71 billion […]
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 […]