Agriculture
Rice experts horrified by Filipinos taking information from social media as scientific fact
Rice experts are aghast that nearly nine in 10 Filipinos obtain what little they know of the staple from social media and taking those information as fact, resulting to a degree of misinformation that worries scientists at the Philippine Rice Research Institute or Philrice.
DA orders transfer of suspended warehousemen’s authority
The Department of Agriculture has ordered the transfer of authority of suspended NFA warehousemen to their deputies to facilitate the reopening of closed NFA warehouses.
DA, DTI, DOE sign joint order doubling special discount for seniors, PWDs
The Department of Agriculture along with the Departments of Trade and Industry and Department of Energy on Thursday signed the joint administrative order that nearly doubles the special five-percent discount granted to senior citizens and persons with disability in the purchase of basic and prime commodities as well as substantially raise the total value of goods they could purchase at a discount.
DA accredits Brazilian, German, Hungarian, Polish meat exporters
The Department of Agriculture has granted a three-year meat exporters' accreditation to Brazil and Germany and some companies in Hungary and Poland following clearances issued by DA Inspection Missions that visited these countries late last year.
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.
