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Hundreds of thousands of farmers will now have extra resources to spend on food, education, shelter, wellness and other family expenses that they would otherwise forego as Republic Act (RA) No. 11953, or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, gave them a clean slate by condoning their P57.56 billion debt.Speaker Martin Romualdez said over 600,000 agrarian […]
As the country celebrates Rural Workers Month this June, AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee on Wednesday pledged to continue advocating for the rights and welfare of farmers and fisherfolk—sectors who play a central role in ensuring the food security of our country. “Ipinagdiriwang natin tuwing buwan ng Hunyo ang Rural Workers Month upang kilalanin […]
Senator Cynthia Villar expressed confidence that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will prioritize the signing into law of a bill condoning loans of farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). Villar, chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform, said Senate Bill 1850 or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act will benefit 610,054 ARBs who were […]
In honor of the outstanding contribution of the country’s food heroes in ensuring that there is sufficient and nutritious food for every Filipino family, the 2023 Farmers’ and Fisherfolks’ Month (FFM) officially opened nationwide. This year’s theme “Masaganang Agrikultura, Maunlad na Ekonomiya” represents the thrust of the Department of Agriculture (DA) under the leadership of President Ferdinand […]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the awarding of interventions amounting to P543.16 million for farm mechanization and modernization to improve food security levels particularly in the “Rice Granary of the Philippines.” Marcos, who concurrently heads the Department of Agriculture (DA), highlighted the importance of making the agriculture and fisheries sector the center of his administration’s […]
Since the Department of Agriculture started the Kadiwa in 2019, about 931 farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) and agri-based enterprises joined the program that has now generated a total sales of P2.38-billion. The Sta. Ana Agricultural Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MPC), a long-time partner of DA, reported that it makes an average annual sales of P500,000 from […]
The minority bloc in the House of Representatives will not oppose the planned merger of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) if the former’s mandate to provide direct credit support to small farmers and fisherfolk is kept intact. “We must stress that Land Bank is duty […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee renewed his call for the urgent passage of a measure creating a Department of Water Resources Management (DWRM), as the country braces for the impact of the El Niño phenomenon. Lee is the author of House Bill No. 2880, which is among a number of bills seeking to create […]
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee backed Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s plan to put up permanent Kadiwa stores across the country. “Suportado natin ang planong gawing permanente ang Kadiwa. In fact, we have been calling for the institutionalization of the program and filed a bill towards this end because it presents a win-win scenario for […]
It is high time the government prioritized helping farmers and fishermen become businessmen instead of allowing them to continue wallowing in poverty, Senator Robin Padilla said. At the hearing of the Senate Committee on Trade, Commerce and Entrepreneurship, Padilla lamented that farmers and fishers who work to provide the nation with food remain at the […]