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Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has called on the Senate to fast-track its approval of a year-old House-approved measure that aims to enable banks to expand its assistance to agriculture by amending certain provisions of the Agri-Agra Law, following reports that these lending institutions have again fallen short of their loan compliance to the sector […]
The municipal government of Sual, Pangasinan is eyeing to build a fish processing plant and a National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse to local benefit farmers and fisherfolk. Mayor Liseldo Calugay said there have been numerous requests from fish growers and operators due to the lack of a fish processing facility. With the construction of the […]
The provincial government of Guimaras turned over to the Salvacion Cluster Farmers Association from the municipality of Nueva Valencia one unit of the combined harvester with a trailer worth P1.6 million. In his message during the turnover held at the Barangay Salvacion covered gym, Governor Samuel Gumarin said the distribution of post-harvest facilities is part of […]
Farmers and local officials of two upland farming communities in Sultan Kudarat province lauded the government for providing them a 7.48-kilometer farm-to-market road (FMR) through the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). About 5,000 residents, almost 2,000 of whom were agrarian reform beneficiaries, are enjoying the benefits of the P37-million concrete FMR project that connects Barangays […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles assured last January 10, 2021, that the Task Force Zero Hunger which he chairs is setting up programs and measures that will help small farmers cope with the effects of the ongoing pandemic, stressing that “this pro-farmer policy is a banner program of the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) […]
To ensure unhampered distribution of food supplies across the nation, the Departments of Agriculture (DA), and Trade and Industry (DTI) have set in motion a digital platform, which enables an efficient and transparent end-to-end market-based system. The Deliver-E, produced through a strong partnership of DA and DTI, is a modernized marketing process connecting food producers […]
Senator Dick Gordon sponsored recently Senate Bill No. 1931 that aims to improve the confirmation of imperfect titles by simplifying the procedure and requirements in granting land deeds to help rural farmers and those who are unable to afford legal representation to secure land titles. “Tulungan natin ang mga magsasaka at mahihirap na mabigyan ng […]
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)—together with the Department of Agriculture (DA), private sector partners, farmer cooperatives, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—officially launched DELIVER-e alongside a multi-stakeholder commitment pledge signing to upscale agriculture value chain and improve overall food security in the country even beyond the COVID-19 crisis. “This initiative […]
“Anything and everything that can be shared by our stakeholders is useful in achieving the objectives of our National Food Policy. We see the Deliver-e platform as a crucial contribution that will shape the results of the program.” Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement during the Deliver-e Goes Live event on Monday, December 14, […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has initially disbursed and distributed P8.5-billion worth of various interventions to enable farmers and fisherfolk to recover from the ravages left by a series of typhoons that hit Luzon in October and November. “On behalf of President Rodrigo Duterte, we will continue to provide our typhoon and flood-affected farmers and […]