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(File photo) BAGUIO CITY - The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) reiterated its call for workers in the agriculture sector, including small owners of agricultural businesses, to register with the government's registry system and avail of insurance and future assistance. In an interview Friday, Rose Tanacio of the PCIC-Benguet, said sign-up activities for the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) are held in municipal and provincial agriculture offices, offices o...

SUBSIDY CARDS. At least 110 corn farmers in Ilocos Sur receive on Tuesday (Sept. 13, 2022) their fuel discount cards worth PHP3,000 each at the Provincial Livelihood and Development Center in Vigan City. The Department of Agriculture has pre-identified 12,244 target beneficiaries under the fuel subsidy program in the region. (Photo courtesy of the Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur) LAOAG CITY - A total of 4,653 corn farmers from the four provinces of the Ilocos Region have so far received thei...

Farmers said Marcos Jr's decision to give priority to debt servicing and infrastructure during this period of worsening food crisis is telling of what’s in store for Filipinos in the next six years.

Over 29,000 Davao rice farmers get P5-K aid from DA

QUEZON -- Almost P3,891,000 worth of financial assistance and fuel discount cards have been granted by the Department of Agriculture IV-Calabarzon (DA-4A) to farmers and fishermen of Mauban and Pagbilao towns through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-R

CASH ASSISTANCE. The initial batch of 1,309 farmers in Pampanga receives cash assistance under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Sept. 2, 2022. The farmer-beneficiaries received PHP5,000 each. (File photo courtesy of DA Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - A total of 202,712 farmers in Central Luzon will receive cash assistance under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund - Rice Farmer...

(PNA file photo) LEGAZPI CITY - Santa Magdalena town in Sorsogon province is now included in the list of areas in Region 5 affected by the African swine fever (ASF), according to the Department of Agriculture in Bicol (DA-5) on Monday. In an interview, Lovella Guarin, DA-5 information officer, said the local government unit (LGU) of Santa Magdalena submitted to DA-Bicol blood samples of a dead swine, "and based on the ASF testing conducted by our Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laborator...

Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to speed up the disbursement of almost P9 billion in government subsidies for rice farmers who are now preparing for the wet planting season.

Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to speed up the release of almost P9-billion worth of government subsidies particularly for rice farmers who are now preparing for the wet planting season. Marcos said rice farmers who have reached out to her office com

The Department of Agriculture should speed up the release of almost P9 billion in government subsidies for rice farmers, who are now preparing for the wet planting season starting this month until October, Sen. Imee Marcos said yesterday.