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ONE of the main reasons why our agricultural sector is backward and its productivity low compared to neighboring countries is the minimal adoption of modern machinery in our farms. Our agricultural mechanization intensity is around 2.7 per hectare, less than half of Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia.

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The COA says the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa program's funds should have been drawn from the budgets of various agencies based on a Malacañang order

The government is targeting to produce 8 million metric tons (MMT) of unmilled rice from irrigated areas under a program that seeks to raise the domestic production of the staple. Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary for Rice Industry Development Leocadio Sebastian said producing 8 MMT of rice can be done…

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is targeting 1 million hectares (ha) of irrigated areas for planting through the Masagana Rice Industry Development Program (MIRDP).

Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) - National President Burt M. Estrada talks to members of the press during the PCAFI-HAN press conference together with

Party-lists, Ang Probinsyano and COOP-NATCCO, have courted Cebuano voters as they hope for more seats in the next Congress in order for them to continue with their advocacies and legislative agenda.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated P85 million in grants to help onion farmers cooperatives and associations (FCAs) cope with the plunge of prices of the commodity due to oversupply. The DA issued Memorandum Circular (MC) 14 that outlined the guidelines for the implementation of the grant program titled…

Digitized processes soften the impact of disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic and speed up response to members’ needs during natural calamities

Published April 22, 2021, 6:00 AM Cooperatives, popularly known as coops, are both social and business organizations, organized for the purpose of putting up capital to undertake an agreed upon business that caters to the needs of the owners themselves. Coops in the agricultural sector, farm and fish businesses doing their own marketing activities, market-vendors , and even farming  in the urban setting will find the formation of  Service Coops helpful and necessary during this time of pandem...