The National Federation of Dairy Farmers and Stakeholders' Association (Dairy Nat Fed) has urged Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara to allow the National Dairy Authority (NDA) to handle the Department of Education’s (DepEd) milk feeding program to achieve greater efficiency in delivering the program.
The Philippines is projected to import more chicken products next year as demand continues to outpace supply, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States Department of Agriculture in Manila.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is fast tracking the implementation of major projects in Mindanao that would boost productivity of the agriculture and fisheries sectors to help the region realize in full its potential as a prime agricultural hub.
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) announced on Saturday that latest test results on pigs inoculated with the African swine fever (ASF) vaccine developed in Vietnam, have shown encouraging progress.