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CERTIFIED PALAY SEEDS. A rice plantation in Iloilo province. This year the province gets the highest allocation for certified inbred seeds under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Program to be used for the wet planting season, James Earl Ogatis, chief of the Regional Agri-Fishery Information Section of DA Western Visayas, said on Friday (Jan. 27, 2023).(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated...

(File photo) MANILA - A bill providing immediate financial assistance to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) in the event of natural calamities to make their losses more bearable hurdled second reading approval at the House of Representatives. During Wednesday's plenary session, the chamber passed via voice vote House Bill 6680, which aims to mitigate the effects of natural calamities by providing full insurance coverage to qualified farmers. The amendment to Republic Act 9700 states that fu...

HELP FOR FARMERS. Rice farmers from the towns of San Narciso and San Marcelino in Zambales have started claiming financial assistance from the government this January. Each beneficiary is given PHP5,000 in cash as compensation for the income loss due to a drop in the selling price of palay and increasing costs of fertilizer and other farm inputs. (PNA file photo) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture (DA) continues to distribute cash assistance to eligible rice farmers u...

The Department of Agriculture is pushing the use of bio-fertilizers to boost corn production.

DISCOUNT VOUCHER. A farmer from Pura, Tarlac shows the fertilizer discount voucher that he received from the Department of Agriculture - Region 3 last Tuesday (Jan. 17, 2023). Under the DA's Rice Banner Program, the vouchers will be used by the farmer-beneficiaries to claim fertilizers at accredited merchants. (Photo courtesy of DA Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted some PHP286 million worth of fertilizer discount vouchers for rice farm...

The agriculture department will bankroll a corn production enhancement program (CPEP) that seeks to improve local output of the critical feed material and slash the country’s dependence on imports. The Department of Agriculture (DA) issued Memorandum Order (MO) 06 series of 2023 that outlined the guidelines of its CPEP. The…

The PBB 401 rice variety stands out because it has repeatedly shown its resilience to floods, including those induced by extreme weather events.

Agricultural and Fishery Councils in Luzon are pushing for stronger private sector engagement in policy formulation, monitoring of programs, activities and projects, and fund utilization in the agriculture sector.

Philippine Maize Federation Inc. is pushing for a universal baseline for agriculture, in place of the government’s Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture and the use of digital technology to improve the development and forecasting for the long-neglected sector.

Discount vouchers are not enough. This was according to peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) who said that apart from the government’s fertilizer discount vouchers, a P15,000 production subsidy is also “necessary,” reiterating that farmers also “need cash.” (Manila Bulletin Fi