The Philippines and the Czech Republic have reached mutual understanding on several agricultural issues to improve bilateral trade and widen technology transfers between the two countries, particularly in livestock and dairy production and water management.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has granted a USD1 million funding for technical cooperation projects to be implemented in the country. The focus of the program is the agri-fisheries sector.
The Department of Agriculture has declared Sultan Kuradat as avian influenza-free province, allowing movement of birds including chicken, duck and other poultry products within and outside the province.
Tobacco prices allowed to adjust higher at last year's tripartite consultative conference have bred optimism among farmers in the Ilocos region of better prices for the crop this year, the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) said on Monday.