Marcos extends rice import ban until year-end — DA chief
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. on Sunday said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved the extension of the rice import ban until the…
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Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. on Sunday said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved the extension of the rice import ban until the…
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The National Food Authority (NFA) has begun testing a 1-ton bagging system for palay to reduce storage costs and increase warehouse capacity as part of its…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) and its attached agency, Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) shut the door on sugar imports until mid-2026 to calm market…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reaffirmed their partnership to accelerate the…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Sunday that it has intensified efforts to improve farm productivity by deploying the Bureau of Soil and Water…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has agreed to assume responsibility for farm-to-market road (FMR) construction, signaling a major policy shift intended to…
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Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. urged senators on Wednesday, 7 October 2025, to support the proposed P216.1-billion budget for the Department…
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Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has called on Congress to nearly double the government’s crop insurance subsidy to P8 billion by 2026, citing…
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Philippine bananas currently face tariffs of up to 18 percent. Despite being Japan’s top supplier, the country’s market share fell to 75 percent in 2024 from…
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The Philippines, through Agriculture Secretary Francis Tiu-Laurel, has formally assumed the chairmanship of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry…
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The Philippines, through Agriculture Secretary Francis Tiu-Laurel, has formally assumed the chairmanship of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry…
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The construction of farm-to-market road is mandated by the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997.
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“Ghost” or non-existent government-funded programs are no longer confined to the Department of Public Works and Highways, as they have now infiltrated the…
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Farmers in Mindoro received P42 million worth of agricultural machinery under the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) mechanization program on Tuesday, as the…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has broadened the reach of the Marcos administration’s flagship “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!” program, beginning distribution…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has revised its rice production forecast for 2025 downward amid extreme weather disturbances, tempering earlier expectations…
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Fish imports soared in recent years due to loose importation policies, prompting the Department of Agriculture (DA) to tighten controls to protect local…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing Congress to amend the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, warning that loopholes continue to shield…
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