Agriculture
$150 million expected from durian shipments to China
Durian exports to China are seen yielding as much as $150 million, or P8.29 billion, in export receipts this year alone, according to the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI).
PhilMech embarks on a P500 million program to monetize tons of discarded coconut husk
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) has set aside an initial P500 million to set up shared processing facilities (SPFs) for qualified coconut farmer cooperatives over the course of the year.
Previously explained sugar imports hurt subsistence farmers the most – stakeholders
Sugar industry stakeholders urged the government just before the long weekend to conduct an "open and transparent" investigation on sugar acknowledged to have been...
Another billionaire styles himself as gentleman farmer
Billionaire Antonio L. Tiu on Wednesday ramped up his agriculture and food security ventures and plans pouring P2.6 billion in a 20,000-hectare corn plantation...
Sugar millers reject appeal for more molasses imports
There is no need to allow more molasses imports despite calls from local bioethanol producers, according to the Philippine Sugar Millers Association, Inc. (PSMA).
