Agriculture
New legislation imposes 9-percent excise tax on imported salt
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday said the newly minted Salt Industry Development Law should further improve the country's 84-percent dependency rate on the imported salt variety.
“Intercropping solves the need to deploys billions of pesos in coco levy fund to benefit farmers”
There is merit for government to set aside a small P600 million portion of the P100 billion coco levy fund in an enterprise that directly benefits coconut farmers, the Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI) said on Tuesday.
Damage to crops traced to El Nino now over P1.7B
Damage to agriculture resulting from the impact of El Niño surged to P1.75 billion as of latest from only P357.38 million as at 25 February this year, according to the Department of Agriculture.
PSA estimates palay, corn output in 1Q likely higher due to drier weather caused by El Nino
The country's palay output in the first three months of 2024 could reach 4.83 million metric tons, higher by 1.1 percent compared to the actual production of 4.78 million metric tons, with the drier weather caused by El Nino likely boosting yield.
Laurel names NFA director as OIC at scandal-racked agency
The National Food Authority (NFA) has a new officer-in-charge of its daily operations interrupted by revelations of alleged anomalous sale of government procured rice stock to traders.
