Agriculture
India rice prices stay at record highs, Thai rice eases, Vietnam activity picks up
Rates of parboiled rice exported from India held record high levels hit this week even as demand was subdued from African buyers, while Vietnam saw increased trading activity after the holiday period.
Closed fishing grounds, inclement weather significantly reduced fish catch in January
Fish catch across all regional fish ports posted a 2.3 percent annual increase in January, the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) said on Thursday.
DA coordinating with DSWD to distribute rice in lieu of cash grants to poor Pinoys
The Department of Agriculture is coordinating with the Department of Social Welfare and Development to directly supply poor Filipinos with rice instead of giving them cash grants to ease market pressure on the national staple.
DA chief inspects P19.7-B, Jalaur River Multipurpose Project in Iloilo
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. on Wednesday inspected the nearly-complete second phase of the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP), a P19.7-billion infrastructure development of the National Irrigation Administration that will increase rice production and benefit 25,000 farmers and 4,500 indigenous people in Iloilo province.
Pantabangan aquaculture project designed to boost Ph food fish requirement
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is optimistic that the Pantabangan Aquaculture Park Project in Nueva Ecija helps supply the country’s food fish requirement.
