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ILOILO CITY—The Western Visayas regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has tapped two state colleges to review the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) in Iloilo province, one of the country’s top rice producers. The Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPS

With the La Niña season at hand, a farmers’ group urged the Philippine government to provide more mechanical grain dryers to aid farmers who are harvesting this season, saying that the increased rains are making them scramble to dry their produce.

FREE RICE SEEDS. A truckload of free certified inbred rice seeds for farmers is unloaded in Carmen, Surigao del Sur on Thursday (Oct. 21, 2021) as the yearend rice planting season begins. The Philippine Rice Research Institute - Agusan office has intensified the distribution of certified inbred rice seeds in the Caraga region to help rice farmers increase their production through the high-yielding certified rice seeds. (Photo courtesy of PhilRice-Agusan) BUTUAN CITY - The Philippine Rice Researc...

FREE RICE SEEDS. A truckload of free certified inbred rice seeds for farmers is unloaded in Carmen, Surigao del Sur on Thursday (Oct. 21, 2021) as the yearend rice planting season begins. The Philippine Rice Research Institute - Agusan office has intensified the distribution of certified inbred rice seeds in the Caraga region to help rice farmers increase their production through the high-yielding certified rice seeds. (Photo courtesy of PhilRice-Agusan) BUTUAN CITY - The Philippine Rice Researc...

CASH AID. Agriculture Secretary William Dar visits a rice farm in Alangalang, Leyte on Tuesday (Oct. 12, 2021). The official announced during his visit that some 1.56 million small rice farmers will receive PHP5,000 grant each before Christmas from excess rice tariffs.(Photo courtesy of Secretary William Dar) ABUYOG, Leyte - Some 1.56 million Filipino rice farmers will receive PHP5,000 grant each before Christmas from excess rice tariffs, Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar announced...

LIVESTOCK INSURANCE.Backyard and commercial hog raisers in Ilocos Norte are encouraged to insure their pigs with the PCIC. For premium payment of PHP225, the PCIC provides PHP10,000 insurance cover per head of swine. (PNA file photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY-Hog raisers in the province of Ilocos Norte are urged to secure insurance packages to ensure their recovery should their farms get affected by African swine fever (ASF). In a public advisory on Friday, the Ilocos Norte government sa...

Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, is urging the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (Philmech) to continue its mission of supporting rice farmers by providing them with farm machinery and training in order to uplift the lives by boosting their productivity, achieve…

Senator Cynthia A. Villar Senator Cynthia Villar commends the Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) for the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Seed Program and co-implementing the RCEF-Extension Program. Senator Cynthia Villar, author of the Rice Tariffication Law, said that t

After being flagged by Commission on Audit (COA) for underutilization of funds and accounting irregularities, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is now strategizing to fully utilize its budget for this year. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) At the same time, the D

The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Agriculture (DA) for billions of unspent funds and accounting "irregularities" prompting several farmers’ groups to slam the government agency led by Agriculture Secretary William Dar. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo courtes