THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a program to stock fingerlings of indigenous and non-invasive fish species in major river basins and lakes over the next five years.
Apr 242017
Apr 022017
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said the unmilled rice harvest in the first quarter of 2017 rose more than 5% year on year with hybrid rice seed driving the expansion.
Jan 102017
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking at a target of 18.5 million metric tons (MT) for unmilled rice this year, which it said was an adequate output level to support moves towards self-sufficiency in the staple grain.
Dec 202016
THE Department of Agriculture has pinned its hopes on the livestock sector and an expected bumper grain harvest this quarter amid favorable weather, with the Agriculture secretary saying he “hopes” for output growth of 7% to 8% in the three months to December, which will be sufficient to drive full-year growth to the mid-single digits.
Aug 142016
AGRICULTURAL officials cited the poor conditions for crops in the El Niño-hit second quarter, signaling another contraction when the agricultural output report is released today.
Jul 282016
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking a 2017 budget that is over 76% greater than this year’s allocation, with nearly half of the proposed funds to be channeled to rice production as part of a bid to attain 100% rice self-sufficiency by 2019.
Jul 062016
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA — Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said he is proposing a P62-billion program to help achieve 100% rice-self-sufficiency in the next two years.
Jul 032016
AGRICULTURE Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said he has sounded out Japan about providing access to the latter’s stocks of mandatory rice imports, in order to diversify the Philippines’ sources of supply.
Apr 242016
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is preparing a 2017 budget proposal of nearly double its 2016 funding, with rural infrastructure making up the bulk of its wish list, according to the department’s presentation materials obtained by BusinessWorld.
Apr 062016
THE AGRICULTURE department is maintaining its overall output growth targets for 2016 despite extensive damage from El Niño, saying that livestock, poultry and other crops will help offset losses to grain production caused by the severe dry spell.