PBBM Leads Opening of Pampanga Food Security Complex, Strengthens Farmers’ Postharvest Support

LUBAO, Pampanga — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday inspected the newly completed Pampanga Food Security Complex (PFSC) in Lubao, Pampanga, highlighting the government's commitment to modernizing Philippine agriculture and strengthening the country's food security program.The President was joined by Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr., former President and Pampanga Second District Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and Pampanga Governor Lilia "Nanay" Pineda during ...

Certified seeds, fertilizers ready for El Niño-hit farmers in Antique

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January 5, 2024

Certified seeds, fertilizers ready for El Niño-hit fa...

PNASAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Department of Agriculture (DA) 6 (Western Visayas) has a buffer stock of certified rice seeds and fertiliz...

Hog diseases in Negros Occidental ‘controlled,’ restocking set in Q2

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January 5, 2024

Hog diseases in Negros Occidental ‘controlled,’ ...

PNABACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental province will start restocking hogs by the second quarter of this year as sentineling begins officially in the ...

NTA allots PHP17-M cash aid for marginalized tobacco growers

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January 5, 2024

NTA allots PHP17-M cash aid for marginalized tobacco growers

PNABATAC CITY – National Tobacco Administration (NTA) has allocated around PHP17 million as cash aid for the 2,834 marginalized tobacco growers fro...

DA: P30.8 billion to help farmers cope with El Niño

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January 4, 2024

DA: P30.8 billion to help farmers cope with El Niño

PHILSTARMANILA, Philippines — The government has earmarked P30.8 billion in additional funds to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to support pala...

BFAR to provide diversification of livelihood for fisherfolk in 2024

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January 4, 2024

BFAR to provide diversification of livelihood for fisherfolk...

PNAMANILA – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is set to provide fisherfolk with different sources of livelihood this year as the...

BOI to help in commercialization, promotion of local biofertilizer

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January 3, 2024

BOI to help in commercialization, promotion of local biofert...

PNAMANILA – The Board of Investments (BOI) has started collaborating with AgriSpecialist, Inc. (ASI) for the commercialization and promotion of loc...

DA chief to unveil game plan on modernizing agriculture, food production

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January 3, 2024

DA chief to unveil game plan on modernizing agriculture, foo...

DA-NEWSThe Department of Agriculture is set to unveil next week its strategy to modernize agriculture and boost the farm sector’s production capacit...

DA aggressively promotes beekeeping to tap huge export market

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January 3, 2024

DA aggressively promotes beekeeping to tap huge export marke...

PNAMAMBURAO, Occidental Mindoro – A successful beekeeping program piloted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) in this province will be replicated...

Batangas to boost agri productivity, food dev’t efforts in 2024

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January 2, 2024

Batangas to boost agri productivity, food dev’t effort...

PNABATANGAS CITY – The provincial government aims to boost agricultural productivity this year by expanding programs enhancing the overall capabilit...

Rice farmers start availing of Rice Financial Assistance

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January 2, 2024

Rice farmers start availing of Rice Financial Assistance

DA-NEWSTens of thousands of rice farmers have availed of the PhP5,000 unconditional cash assistance pledged by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. with ma...

DA ends 2023 with cash distribution to help rice farmers

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January 2, 2024

DA ends 2023 with cash distribution to help rice farmers

PNAMANILA – A total of 44,719 farmers who are tilling up to two hectares of farmlands have received cash assistance from the Department of Agricultu...