Agriculture
NFA boosts buffer rice stock, cuts 2024 deficit amid challenges
The National Food Authority (NFA), a government agency under the Department of Agriculture, made significant strides in 2024, achieving its highest rice buffer stocks in years, improving its operations, and significantly reducing its deficit despite facing challenges stemming from a leadership change and an ongoing Ombudsman investigation.
DA chief inaugurates P60M Rosales Agricultural Trading Center
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. recently led the inauguration of the Rosales Agricultural Trading Center, a P60-million project aimed at enhancing the profitability of farmers and agricultural cooperatives, helping them transform into trade-focused, empowered individuals.
DA crafts hog repopulation roadmap to lift industry, cut pork imports
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is preparing a strategic roadmap to restore the country’s hog population, aiming to increase it to 14 million heads by 2028.
SRA taps Japanese savants in search of high-yield sugarcane
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of Tokyo aimed at improving sugar farming practices through knowledge exchange between the two nations.
DA proposes nationwide food hubs, long-term logistics solutions
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has presented a proposal to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for the development of food hubs across the country, aimed at addressing agricultural logistics and availability.
