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The local government of Magsaysay in Davao del Sur is planning to boost onion farming along with other high-value crops amid the rising price of the commodity. FARMERS harvest onions in a remote barangay in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur. (Photo courtesy of MAO Magsaysay) Municipal Agriculture Of

The Department of Agriculture is expanding the country’s durian production among other high value crops in the country after the Philippines secured a $2-billion fruit export deal with China.

The Department of Agriculture has turned over a P6 million processing facility to calamansi farmers in Camarines Sur.

Prices of red onions may remain high due to limited supply

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Department of Agriculture-Cordillera on Tuesday, Nov. 8, distributed machinery and equipment in coordination with the office of former Sen. Francis N. Pangilinan totaling P21 million to 223 farmers’ cooperatives and associations in Abra, Apayao, Benguet, and Ifugao. DA-C

VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – An initial 25 metric tons of onion shallot bulbs were distributed to various local government units (LGUs) in this province on Thursday, Sept. 1. The distribution was in line with the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) vision of increasing the sufficiency level of onion

DA-Davao turns over P8M coffee processing facilities to coop

BONTOC, Mt.Province -- A total of 88 farmers from the six major coffee producing municipalities of Bauko, Besao, Bontoc, Sabangan, Sagada and Tadian graduated from the School on Air (SOA) Program on Coffee of the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera. The graduation ceremony was held at the Multi-p

LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Agriculture-Bicol (DA-5) through the Rice and High-Value Crops Development Program distributed PHP5 million worth of various agricultural inputs and supplies under the Quick Response Fund (QRF) to the province of Albay. In an interview on Thursday, Lovella Guarin, DA-5 information officer, said the interventions of DA-5 aim to help Albay farmers continue to rehabilitate their agricultural production areas after the three consecutive typhoons hit the region in 202...

There has been a strong interest in cultivating home gardens, especially those that grow food, ever since the strict restrictions of the pandemic kept people at home for long periods. Many research studies have documented this trend and have even counted as benefits the stress relief, improved mood