Agri Dept Promotes Urban Agriculture, Allots P400M Fund
Plantitos and plantitas, your attention, please. To encourage Filipino households to plant their own food, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is setting aside P400 million …
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Selling Plants Will Soon Need to be Registered with the Government
Heads up, ‘plantitos’, and ‘plantitas’. The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), thinks that there should be …
DA Releases New SRP for Rice and Other Agri Products
To protect consumers and serve as a guide for sellers especially now that the country is in the middle of a health crisis, the Department …
Learn and Earn Through e-Learning for Agriculture and Fisheries
The Agricultural Training Institute is the lead implementing agency of the Department of Agriculture’s e-Extension Program. Together with other government agencies, state universities and colleges, …
DA, DTI to Launch ‘Pilipinas Agila Tires’
As part of the government’s effort to stabilize and even increase the buying price of local rubber produced by farmers in the country, Pilipinas Agila …
DA to Fund Families Willing to Sell Coconut Water in the Metro
To help alleviate the plight of coconut farmers affected by the weak copra prices, the Department of Agriculture (DA) will be providing loans for poor …
Duterte: ‘Fertilizers, seeds, and land, not bullets, to fight the insurgency.’
President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his intention to fight the insurgency in the country by purchasing and distributing fertilizers and seeds, instead of using the funds …
Russia is the Next Destination of Philippine Agri Products
The country’s Department of Agriculture is eyeing to tap the Russian market as the next consumer of Philippines’ coconut oil, bananas, shrimps, and other agricultural …
DA Gets Funding Assistance from Two Israeli Firms
The country’s agriculture sector is getting a boost from two Israeli firms, Department of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said in two separate statements. Netafim Philippines …
DA to Farmers: ‘Sell Your ‘Palay’ to NFA and Get P50K Loan’
About 500 rice farmers who will sell their produce to the National Food Authority (NFA) may take advantage of a P50, 000 worth of loan …
Overpriced Pork Being Sold in Some Wet Markets
MANILA, Philippines-The Bureau of Animal Industry on Monday, July 10, revealed that some wet markets are selling pork at higher prices despite lower farm gate …
Binay Blasts Government, Department of Agriculture Criticized Over 1 Billion Credit Facility
Vice President Jejomar Binay lashed on the government, hitting on the Department of Agriculture, Tuesday, criticizing that the Agriculture and Fishery Financing Program (AFFP) is …