The Department of Agriculture has issued a temporary ban on the importation of poultry products from Michigan, USA, following the emergence of the H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
The Department of Agriculture seeks to establish food hubs across the country and hopes to blend the functions of traditional food terminals with the accessibility of KADIWA centers.
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.
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.
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.