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FARM INPUT SUPPORT. A rice field in the municipality of Sibalom, considered the rice granary of Antique. Sonie Guanco of the Department of Agriculture 6 (Western Visayas) said on Friday (July 22, 2022) that 17,044 farmers in the province would be receiving fertilizer discount vouchers.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - About 17,044 rice farmers in Antique province are expected to benefit from the fertilizer discount vouchers (FDV) of the Department of ...

MEAT SHOP. The Legazpi Livestock Poultry Raisers Agriculture Cooperative (LLPRAC) sells meat products at reasonable prices while using accurate weighing scales. The cooperative buys live pigs from its hog raiser members. (Photo by Emmanuel Solis) LEGAZPI CITY - A farmer cooperative of livestock and poultry raisers here has put up a meat shop to address unreasonable price hikes and artificial shortage of meat products in the city's local markets. Aldin Mina, president of the Legazpi Livestock...

Ensuring food sufficiency for a so-called agricultural country remains a holistic challenge for the Philippines considering the post-coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic effects, the Ukraine-Russia conflict resulting in food crisis worldwide, and the accelerating global inflation

A farmer in Nueva Ecija (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) #PBBMSONA2022 MANILA - Ensuring food sufficiency for a so-called agricultural country remains a holistic challenge for the Philippines considering the post-coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic effects, the Ukraine-Russia conflict resulting in food crisis worldwide, and the accelerating global inflation. But putting a premium on what President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. described as an "existential, even a moral imp...

FUEL SUBSIDY.Qualified corn farmers in Nueva Ecija show the fuel discount cards they received from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Central Luzon on Wednesday (July 13, 2022). The DA has released some PHP121 million worth of fuel subsidies for 404 qualified corn farmers in Nueva Ecija.(Photo courtesy of DA Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -The Department of Agriculture-Central Luzon (DA-3) has distributed some PHP121 million worth of fuel subsidies to corn farmers in Nueva Ecija as par...

(PNA Bacolod file photo) BACOLOD CITY - More than 5,000 small farmers in Bago City, which has been recognized by the Department of Agriculture (DA) as one of the country's top rice producers, have received certified rice seeds worth PHP17 million from the national and local governments from January to June this year. Data as of Thursday showed about 15,000 bags of certified seeds, weighing 20 kg. each, were released by the DA to identified rice farmers under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancem...

FARM MECHANIZATION. The city government of Batac distributes hand tractors to its registered farmers on Tuesday (July 12, 2022). A hand tractor will be shared by 10 farmers. (Photo courtesy of the City Government of Laoag) LAOAG CITY - Another batch of farm machinery was distributed to farmers in Batac City, Ilocos Norte by the city government on Tuesday. Vice Mayor Windel Chua led the distribution of 30 hand tractors to selected farmers who have yet to receive any farm machinery in the past. &q...

Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Monday, June 27 called on Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar to look into the concern of farmers and farm workers regarding the reported consequences and adverse effects of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) or Republic Act No. 11203 before he exits as

GOV'T ASSISTANCE. Corn farmers are shown in this undated photo during the payout of the government fuel subsidy worth PHP3,000 each in Camarines Sur. The beneficiaries are from six municipalities and one city in the province. (Photo courtesy of DA-5) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Agriculture in Bicol (DA-5) has distributed PHP3,000 fuel subsidy each to 621 corn farmers from six municipalities and one city in Camarines Sur. In an interview on Friday, Emily Bordado, DA-5 spokesperson, said ...

FUEL SUBSIDY. Corn farmers from Iloilo Province receive their fuel subsidy from the Department of Agriculture on June 13, 2022. In Antique, validation is ongoing for 250 identified recipients, according to Noralyn Setias, Antique Office of Provincial Agriculture (OPA) corn coordinator, in an interview on Thursday (June 16).(Photo courtesy of DA-6 FB page) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Department of Agriculture (DA) is currently validating 250 corn farmers in Antique identified to be reci...