Agriculture
DA-FTI assures sufficient P20 rice supply, urges responsible purchasing
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and state-owned Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) on Friday urged Filipinos not to abuse the government’s subsidized rice program, warning that unusually large crowds at distribution sites are creating the false impression of a supply shortage.
Gravity drips lift rice yields, slash water use
An unlikely partnership between Google and Israeli agri-tech firm N-Drip suggests rice fields do not have to stay underwater to thrive.
DA rolls out P65M interventions for Albay farmers, fisherfolk
The Department of Agriculture (DA) launched a major regional development initiative on Thursday, with Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. personally overseeing the distribution of over P65 million in agricultural interventions to local farmers and fisherfolk in this town widely recognized as the “rice granary of Albay.”
Philippines halts poultry importation from Indiana amid bird flu
The Department of Agriculture has imposed a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds—and their products—from Indiana following confirmed outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza strain.
Camote tops may cut cost in raising tilapia
What many Filipino farmers toss aside after harvesting camote might actually help feed the country’s favorite farmed fish—tilapia.
