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A strategy plan is now being developed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) that will promote the planting of hybrid seeds to 1.5 million hectares of rice land during the dry season, Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Operations Arnel De Mesa said. This was after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved the adoption of hybrid rice varieties […]
The best way to cut rice imports is not to ask Filipinos to eat less rice but to give more support to rice farmers to improve yield, AGRI Party-list said Sunday. “The government is forced to import rice to keep up with the demand because we have not been giving adequate support for our rice […]
More than two years since the implementation of the rice tariffication law (RTL), the country’s rice sector is gradually realizing its potentials, as both palay (paddy rice) production and farmgate prices are increasing this dry season, and more affordable rice for consumers amid the pandemic. “To top it all, with sustained initiatives and strong cooperation […]
“The 947 municipalities and 57 provinces where the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program will be implemented can make the big difference in terms of growing the value of the produce that we will have during this next semester.” This was according to Agriculture Secretary William Dar who further stressed that the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) […]
Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, is urging the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (Philmech) to upscale support to farmers by providing them farm machinery. “Mechanization is vital in empowering farmers amid liberalization in agriculture.” Villar, the keynote speaker during the Philmech’s 41st anniversary celebration in […]
Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, is urging the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (Philmech) to upscale support to farmers by providing them farm machinery. Villar, the keynote speaker during the Philmech’s 41st anniversary celebration in the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, said mechanization is […]
House Appropriations Committee Chair Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles on Sunday said the decision of the Department of Agriculture(DA) to increase the buying price of clean and dry palay by P3 per kilo “is a welcome relief for farmers who are worried about the effects of the government’s decision lift the quantitative restriction (QR) for […]