Agriculture
El Niño damage to agriculture approaches P10B
Damage to agriculture as a consequence of El Niño weather disruptions has approached P10 billion, according to latest data from the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center.
DA lifts ban on poultry products from Ohio
The Department of Agriculture has lifted the temporary ban on domestic and wild birds and their products including poultry meat, day old chicks, eggs and semen originating from the State of Ohio, United States of America.
DA-BSWM honors Teresa LGU, Tacloban teaching farm, Bohol farmers group
The Municipality of Teresa in Rizal province, the Pitahaya Farm in Tacloban City and the Masayag Farmers Association in Bohol may be hundreds of kilometers apart, but they share one thing in common: they earned the distinction as winners of the first Compost Producer Achiever’s Award.
NFA has enough palay to support four days of consumption
The National Food Authority (NFA) has purchased 3.32 million 50-kilo bags of palay as of 5 June this year of which over 3.17 million bags were purchased from rice farmers the past six weeks.
DA looks to add more spice into farmers crops
Agriculture Undersecretary Cheryl Marie Natividad-Caballero, who is in-charge of the agency's high-value crops program, is looking to add more spice into Filipino farmers' lives in hopes of duplicating the recent success of onion farmers with those cultivating local garlic, ginger, and shallots.
