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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is unveiling a national fertilizer program in a roll-over system, among other initiatives, to make Filipino farmers competitive as being pushed for by President Rodrigo Duterte. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol made the disclosure in an interview on the sidelines of his meeting with farmer leaders at the National Food Authority […]
A bill aiming to overhaul the country’s warehouse receipts system to help boost farmer’s productivity, introduced by Senator Win Gatchalian, has been sponsored by Senator Koko Pimentel, III, chairman of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Industry. According to Gatchalian, he filed Senate Bill No. 2171, otherwise known as the Philippine Warehouse Receipts Act […]
With the signing into law by President Rodrigo Duterte of the rice tariffication bill on Friday, the measure’s sponsor in the House of Representatives, ANAC-IP Rep. Jose Panganiban, Jr., urged government to ensure that the “safety net for local farmers” in the form of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) is used properly. “The P10 […]
To help boost farmers’ productivity in the long run, Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the passage of a measure that will revitalize and overhaul the over a century-old warehouse receipt system of the Philippines. Senate Bill No. 2171 (SBN 2171) or the Philippine Warehouse Receipts Act of 2019, principally authored by Gatchalian, has been […]
The Department of Agriculture‘s (DA) new National Farmers and Fishermen Database (NFFD) is long overdue and should help the government improve its efforts to help the sector, according to House Committee on Agriculture and Food chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr., who on Wednesday lauded the DA’s newest “hi-tech” initiative. “Dapat dati pa […]
The rice tariffication bill, when signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, will greatly benefit not just consumers, but rice farmers as well. This was the assurance given by House Agriculture Committee chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr., who on Monday spoke of the benefits of the measure after the bill hurdled the bicameral conference […]
Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, asked farmers to be firm in their heroic work of producing food for every Filipino as she revealed that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte would soon be pouring multi-billion-peso funds for various agriculture programs. Speaking before farmers and other agriculture stakeholders during […]
House Agriculture committee chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr., denounced the killing of nine sugar farmers in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, over a supposed land dispute. “We denounce this despicable and heartless crime committed on our farmers. Nakikiramay kami sa mga kaanak ng mga nasawi at nakikiisa sa tawag para sa hustisya (We […]
With the deadline for voter registration looming, House Agriculture Committee chair and ANAC-IP Rep. Jose T. Panganiban, Jr. reiterated his call for indigenous peoples and farmers to use the remaining days to register for the 2019 midterm elections. Voter registration will end on Saturday, September 29. “I urge all my fellow IPs and farmers to […]
A party-list representing the agriculture sector said that government must institutionalize measures that will mitigate the effects of climate change. With damage to agriculture steadily rising with the onset of rain, AGRI Party-list Secretary General Benjie Martinez said that unless climate-adaptive strategies are employed, efforts to ensure food security will be hampered. According to the […]