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House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero called on the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Finance to use the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law to directly disburse cash to farmers who are reeling from low palay prices. Romero said the Rice Tariffication Law or Republic Act 11203 does not have provisions for […]
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food chaired by Quezon 1st District Representative Wilfrido Enverga approved a House joint resolution which authorizes the use of the rice subsidy as provided under the 2019 General Appropriations Act (GAA) for the purchase of palay from farmers. The substitute resolution mandates concerned government agencies and Local Government Units (LGUs), […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) foresees farm production growth at 2.5 percent in 2020 with the full implementation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), a component of Republic Act No. 11203, or the Rice Tariffication Law. “(We will have) full rollout (of the RCEF) next year. (Growth target) should be between 2 to 3 […]
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food has approved a substitute joint resolution authorizing the use of rice subsidy for the purchase of palay from local farmers to protect them from the recent liberalization of rice importation. The still-unnumbered joint resolution is a consolidation of House Joint Resolution 16 and House Resolution 322, that urge […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with private firm Corteva Agriscience in a bid to boost the country’s rice and corn productivity. The collaboration focuses on three projects – Rice EduFarm, Corn EduFarm, and Fall Armyworm Mitigation. EduFarms will provide farmers with season-long, on-field and in-classroom training that will […]
Senator Cynthia Villar, in scrutinizing the proposed budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA), made sure funding will go to projects, research and application that will help Filipino farmers and fisherfolks. During the second hearing of the finance subcommittee on the P71.8 billion proposed budget of DA for year 2020, Villar reminded DA officials headed […]
Senator Cynthia Villar stressed how the Farm Tourism Development Act of 2016 or Republic Act 10816 helps better the lives of farmers by providing alternative income sources. Speaking during the Department of Tourism’s Farm Tourism Summit, Villar, chairperson of the Senate Agriculture and Food committee, related that farmers earn additional income from their produce; their […]
With crop damage caused by El Niño now reaching almost P8 billion, ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban who also chairs the House of Representatives’ agriculture committee is urging government to release needed financial aid to the 247,610 affected farmers and help offset their losses. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the […]
Senatorial candidate Bong Go assured Nueva Ecija farmers that they will never be left behind under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte as he met with them in Cabanatuan City and in Gapan City recently. Go vowed to champion the interest of farmers – who are now suffering from low prices of palay (unhusked rice) […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and senatorial candidate Bong Go seeks to expand the coverage of the country’s irrigation system to mitigate the effects of the dry spell which affects the county periodically. Go raised the idea as the Department of Agriculture said it is assisting some 138,000 farmers facing a drought due […]