Agriculture
Tugon Kabuhayan offers private-sector help to stop chronic food smuggling
Food security and livelihood advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan on Tuesday offered to help the government stop the chronic smuggling of food products that has depressed local production and kept food prices...
Seized sugar should be sold in Kadiwa stores – SRA
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is seeking authority from Malacanang for the sale of 80,000 bags of confiscated sugar at the various Kadiwa rolling...
Only a small fraction of onion imports secured sanitary and phytosanitary clearance – DA
Of the 21,060 metric tons (MT) of imported onions arriving before January 27, only around 5,000 MT were secured with so-called sanitary and phytosanitary...
Govt. urged to tap local agri stakeholders against smuggling
Several local agri stakeholders, led by food security and livelihood advocacy group, Tugon Kabuhayan, said the government should tap the private sector to help...
Stakeholders rally around a 2-month, end-of-season sugar buffer stock
Industry stakeholders on Monday expressed support for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's plan to maintain a two-month buffer stock of sugar.
Danilo Fausto, Philippine Chamber of...
