Agriculture
DA modifies hog industry recovery program to cope with ASF, reduce pork imports
The Department of Agriculture has released guidelines for a revised program aimed at helping the swine industry recover from the devastating effects of African swine fever and to reduce pork imports.
DA chief orders distribution of P510.447 million fuel subsidies to farmers
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. has issued a memorandum order approving the distribution of fuel subsidies to approximately 160,000 farmers who own or rent machinery used in crop, livestock, and poultry production.
DA commits to sell well milled but affordably priced rice beyond Luzon
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Friday bared a commitment to widen the government's affordable rice program beyond Luzon where the staple is sold at only P29 a kilo under an ongoing pilot program.
Cheap but quality rice available in KADIWA stores beginning Friday
The Department of Agriculture will launch on July 5 a large-scale trial of "Program 29", an initiative spearheaded by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. aimed at providing high-quality rice at P29 per kilo to as many as 6.9 million vulnerable households, representing around 35 million Filipinos.
DA projects operational pre-shipment inspection measures in place in three months
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday projected having reintroduced the pre-shipment inspection of commodities and goods at the ports of origin ahead of the installation of the country’s first cold examination facility for agriculture (CEFA) next year.
