Agriculture
Silver-winning Mabango 3 rice proves tough even in floods
Fresh from winning silver at the 2025 World’s Best Rice Award in Cambodia, Mabango 3 is showing it offers more than great taste and aroma. The rice variety, officially known as NSIC Rc218, can also survive and grow even when newly planted fields are flooded.
BFAR pushes strict enforcement to save fisheries sector
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has called for stricter and more consistent enforcement of fishing regulations to protect the country’s fisheries and ensure long-term sustainability of the industry.
DA steps in to buy onions as harvest surge threatens price collapse
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said state-run Food Terminals Inc. (FTI) will begin buying local onions this week to prevent farmgate prices from dropping sharply as harvest season peaks.
Soils may hold secret to holding off Panama disease
Cavendish bananas may be golden for the Philippine economy, but their sweet streak faces a bitter threat. Fusarium wilt, famously dubbed Panama disease, has been ravaging plantations and threatens the livelihoods of millions of farmers across Mindanao.
New coffee office seen to transform PH coffee sector
The Philippine Coffee Board Inc. (PCBI) has welcomed the Department of Agriculture’s creation of a Coffee Industry Development Office (CIDO), calling it a timely move that could strengthen the country’s coffee sector and benefit both farmers and consumers.
