PHL to tap Chinese loans for farm-to-market roads
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is keen on securing loans from China and Japan to fund the construction of an additional 5,000 kilometers of farm-to-market roads (FMRs).
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is keen on securing loans from China and Japan to fund the construction of an additional 5,000 kilometers of farm-to-market roads (FMRs).
Malacañang has appointed lawyer Anna Rosario V. Paner as the new administrator of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), according to official documents from the Office of the President.
RALEIGH—Hurricane Matthew and floods that have come after are jeopardizing crops, pitting farmers against rising water to claim commodities worth millions.
Filipino farmers will no longer have to pay irrigation-service fees (ISFs) in 2017, after the Senate approved the additional P2.3-billion budget for the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), officials of the agency said on Monday.
The country’s chicken supply in September rose by 61 percent to 21,171.83 metric tons (MT), from 13,175.52 MT recorded a year ago, according to data from the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS).
DAVAO CITY—About a hundred buying stations in Mindanao have been established by the biggest fruit processor in Davao to provide easy market access for the farmers.
DAVAO CITY—The National Food Authority (NFA) said its warehouses would be ready by the time the nation’s rice farms would also begin to meet the expected production yield adequate enough to meet rice-sufficiency targets.
HOG raisers belonging to the Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines Inc. (ProPork) called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to push through with its previous plan of constructing an “AAA” slaughterhouse in Bulacan.
PRESIDENT Duterte acknowledged for the first time that the banana industry is hampered by the continuous harassment of lawless groups in Mindanao.
KIAMBA, Sarangani province—From their modest beginnings, the indigenous peoples (IP) here are set to venture into P35.7 million abaca enterprises.
Warmer relations between Beijing and Manila would soon benefit local banana exporters who were unable to access the Chinese market for months, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The government should bring back the 40-percent tariff on imported pork offal if it decides to scrap the quantitative restriction (QR) on rice next year, a group of hog raisers said on Thursday.
DAGUPAN CITY—At least 63 fish pens standing on lots covered mostly by Torrens titles that already became parts of the rivers will still remain until after the October 31 deadline given by Mayor Belen Fernandez for all illegal structures to be finally out in Dagupan.
SEQUIM, Washington—To the south of Nash Huber’s farm fields are the Olympic Mountains, peaking at nearly 8,000 feet. Due north is the end of a channel of Pacific Ocean waters that separate the United States from Canada.
THE Senate would push for a P15-billion increase in the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) budget for next year so the agency could fund more farm-to-market road (FMR) projects, according to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol.
PRESIDENT Duterte’s promise of free irrigation to small-scale farmers next year is still a go, as the Senate Finance Committee has committed to beef up the funds of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Department of Health (DOH) have declared three areas in Romblon and Iloilo as rabies-free zones.
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—One hundred-and-twenty farmers here are relieved after waiting for their income from their land in the form of economic benefits, which should have been given to them five years ago.
DAVAO CITY—The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 11 will recognize the top organic agriculture performers this year during the Regional Organic Agriculture Congress (ROAC) on Wednesday here.
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan—Commercial fishing boat owners in Taiwan, one of the world’s biggest seafood exporters, face strict rules and potential fines under a new law aimed at preventing overfishing and protecting migrant crewmembers who work far at sea with little oversight.
THE Duterte administration should reconsider its plan to remove the commercial functions of the National Food Authority (NFA) as this could
Manila and Hanoi are keen on forging an agri-fishery agreement to expand agricultural trade between the Philippines and Vietnam, according to President Duterte.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is targeting to secure the government’s final endorsement by January 2017 for an additional $450-million loan from the World Bank (WB) for a rural-development project.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it distributed P90 million to nine cooperative banks to fund climate change-resilient project in provinces near major river basins and those affected by Supertyphoon Yolanda.
THE Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has started implementing a P104-million “emergency containment measure” to stop the spread of “cocolisap” in Basilan, according to the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (OCS).
DAVAO CITY—The government is targeting to open up new markets in Eastern Europe for bananas and industrial products via a business mission to the region, led by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
The regional units of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) in Mindanao are set to conduct a study on product development targeting carabao-based products to be certified as halal.
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Wednesday urged President Duterte to use his “cordial relations” with the Chinese government to allow Filipino fishermen access to Bajo de Masinloc.
The International Tobacco Growers’ Association (Itga) expressed disappointment over the plan of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) to ban appointed and elected officials from participating in the Conference of Parties (CoP7).
The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) has started crafting a bill calling for the amendment of a law, which allowed the Philippines to limit rice imports, according to a senior government official.
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