Agriculture
DA provides free seeds and fertilizers to qualified corn growers
Under Memorandum Order 6 – 2023, an 18-kilogram bag of genetically modified or hybrid corn seeds or 20 kilograms of improved open-pollinated variety corn seeds plus two bags of inorganic fertilizers are provided for each hectare of planted corn.
Stakeholders eye retail price lower than P90 a kilo under draft sugar import plan
Stakeholders are drafting a 450,000 metric ton (MT) sugar import proposal that must retail at lower than the current suggested retail price (SRP) of...
Tugon Kabuhayan offers private-sector help to stop chronic food smuggling
Food security and livelihood advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan on Tuesday offered to help the government stop the chronic smuggling of food products that has depressed local production and kept food prices...
Seized sugar should be sold in Kadiwa stores – SRA
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is seeking authority from Malacanang for the sale of 80,000 bags of confiscated sugar at the various Kadiwa rolling...
Only a small fraction of onion imports secured sanitary and phytosanitary clearance – DA
Of the 21,060 metric tons (MT) of imported onions arriving before January 27, only around 5,000 MT were secured with so-called sanitary and phytosanitary...
