Ube eyed to trim $10-B farm trade gap
The government is turning to one of the Philippines’ most recognizable crops, ube (purple yam), to help narrow the country’s more than $10-billion agricultural…
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The government is turning to one of the Philippines’ most recognizable crops, ube (purple yam), to help narrow the country’s more than $10-billion agricultural…
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Some 676 duck raisers from the towns of Candaba, San Luis, and Apalit in Pampanga received a total of 4,000 sacks of duck feeds at the Bahay Pare Covered Court…
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The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has provided more than P400,000 worth of livelihood assistance to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the island…
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Corn cob is the hard, central cylindrical core of a maize ear where the kernels grow. Made mostly of cellulose and woody pith, it serves as the plant’s…
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Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and the Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) have launched a new financing facility…
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Are women more afraid of snakes than men? Not so in the case of a 31-year-old Chinese resident of Guilin surnamed Qin.
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MISAMIS ORIENTAL — Northern Mindanao is strengthening its agriculture sector and regional economy through initiatives centered on innovation, youth engagement,…
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The DA, however, stressed that the decline is not happening throughout the country, stating that in some provinces, such as Palawan, palay prices remain…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is stepping up interventions in the rice market as palay prices soften in several major producing areas despite the ongoing…
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‘This harvest season, we are seeing prices improve to P22 to P27 per kilo, and we hope this continues so farmers are encouraged to plant more for the next…
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The agency is treating the outlook as a near certainty, shifting its focus to minimizing damage rather than waiting for confirmation.
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While global geopolitical tensions send fertilizer prices soaring and threaten to shrink Philippine rice and vegetable outputs, a domestic antidote has been…
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Rising fuel prices are beginning to hit where it hurts most in Aurora — its farms.
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A local farmer’s decades‑long experiment is drawing attention for showing that higher rice yields do not have to come with higher costs.
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The Department of Science and Technology (DoST) began a three-day training program Wednesday for local government officials to deploy “smart” agricultural…
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First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos recently attended the unveiling of an urban farm in Bonifacio Global City, a project aimed at supporting the government’s push…
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The buffer stock can last for 10 days, which is enough to feed the Philippines for 30 days.
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One of the latest agricultural innovations comes from a pharmacist-turned-farmer from Japan.
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