Agriculture
KADIWA’s P43 per kilo rice available this week
The KADIWA ng Pangulo program will start selling the rice staple at a reduced price of P43 a kilo in various outlets starting this week under the Rice-for-All banner.
Farmer-supplied palay bags saves NFA millions
The National Food Authority will start pilot testing the acceptance of palay bagged by farmers in new and good secondhand sacks, a measure that could save the grains agency millions of pesos.
DA puts its foot down on illegally imported food and blacklists three importers
In a decisive move to uphold agricultural integrity and consumer safety, the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday announced the blacklisting of three food importers involved in illegal trade practices.
DA bans import of FMD-susceptible animals from Türkiye
To prevent the entry of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus into the Philippines, the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday temporarily banned the importation of FMD-susceptible animals and their products and by-products from Türkiye.
DA sets up agri machinery cluster with Korea
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr., Korea Agricultural Machinery Industry Cooperative (KAMICO) chairman Shin Gil Kim, and Cabanatuan City Mayor Myca Elizabeth R. Vergara on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing the Korea Agricultural Machinery Industry Complex, the first local agricultural machinery manufacturing cluster.
