Basic Sector News Today

Maguindanao del Sur Governor Mariam Mangudadatu says 20 of the 24 towns in her province are severely affected by the prolonged dry spell and dwindling water sources

THE potentials of digital agriculture in raising overall farm productivity, improving product quality, and reducing logistics costs and the prices of food products have so excited many agricultural scientists, policymakers and agricultural managers.

Conservation advocates and fisherfolk groups are calling for transparency amid reported efforts by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to introduce amendments to the Philippine Fisheries Code. In a position paper sent by fisherfolk leaders from different parts of the country and Oceana to Department of Agriculture (DA) Senior…

DAVAO CITY—The administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos is targeting to lower poverty incidence by as much as 8 percent of the population, or roughly 9.09 million, and the government’s anti-poverty commission said  marginalized sectors could vastly contribute to this target by participating in crafting development plans in their localities.…

REGISTRATION TARGET. The Department of Agrarian Reform in Bicol (DAR-5) aims to include over 3,000 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture (RSBSA) by the end of the year. Geri Buensalida, DAR-5 information officer, said on Monday (Sept. 12, 2022) members and non-members of ARB organizations should enroll so they could easily avail of government assistance. (Image from DAR-Bicol's Facebook page) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Agrarian Refo...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental on August 3 distributed P5.7 million worth of Survival and Recovery Loan Assistance

NON-COLLATERALIZED LOAN. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson turns over a check to a Typhoon Odette-affected recipient of the Department of Agriculture's Survival and Recovery Loan Assistance in Kabankalan City on Thursday (August 4, 2022). The PHP10,000 non-collateralized loan is extended to each qualified household at a zero-percent interest rate payable in three years.(Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - Some 595 farmers in southern Negros Occidental affecte...

LAOAG CITY - A total of 2,218 rice farmers here each received a PHP5,000 cash aid on Thursday to boost their competitiveness amid a looming food crisis. The distribution of financial assistance is part of the Department of Agriculture's continuing efforts to help eligible farmer-beneficiaries to cope with the surging prices of fuel and agricultural inputs, among others, through the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance Program under Republic Act 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law. As he affixed...

(PNA file photo) LEGAZPI CITY - The City Agriculture Office (CAO) here is urging farmers to form or join cooperatives to benefit from the various government programs aimed at increasing their income. CAO chief Shiela Naz, in an interview on Monday, said she is encouraging farmers to become members of associations because this is part of the requirements for enlistment in the Registry System for Basic Sector of Agriculture (RSBSA). "The RSBSA is part of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement F...

(File photo courtesy of DA) LEGAZPI CITY - At least 40 of the more than 350 hog raisers here have received imported piglets as a major component of the rapid repopulation, restocking, and genetic improvement and enhancement livestock program of the City Veterinary Office (CVO). In an interview on Tuesday, CVO chief Dr. Emmanuel Estipona said the recipients were all pre-registered at the Legazpi Livestock Poultry Raisers Agriculture Cooperative (LLPRAC) and the Registry System for Basic Sector fo...