Agriculture
DA steps up fight vs RSSI threatening sugar industry
The Department of Agriculture and the Sugar Regulatory Administration are ramping up efforts to contain an outbreak of the red-striped soft scale insect that endangers sugarcane crops, especially across Negros Island and Western Visayas.
Protected farmlands vanish as cities continue to spread
Nearly one out of every three hectares of Philippine farmland converted into buildings and other developments over the past two decades was supposed to be protected, raising fresh concerns that the country is losing valuable food-producing land faster than it can safeguard it, according to a new study led by University of the Philippines researchers.
PCC finds four competition hurdles in vegetable trade
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has identified four structural weaknesses in the highland vegetable industry that continue to squeeze farmers' incomes and prevent lower production costs from translating into cheaper prices for consumers.
PHilMech rolls out rice farm machines as government mechanization drive gains ground
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) has stepped up the government’s farm modernization efforts, delivering over 1,700 farm machines across the country in the first half of 2026 to boost the productivity, resilience and profitability of local rice farming.
NFA steps up palay purchases as wet-season support prices rise
The Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed that the National Food Authority (NFA) is expanding its palay procurement efforts to boost the country’s rice buffer stocks.
