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The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization said it will focus on providing rice millers and other postharvest facilities to farmer-beneficiaries during the remaining years of the rice competitiveness enhancement fund (RCEF). PhilMech said it will fast-track the distribution of rice processing systems (RPS) to improve the rice sector’s…

Almost P500M machinery granted to rice farms in Davao since 2019

Senator Imee Marcos has sought a Senate probe on the Department of Agriculture's (DA) alleged purchase of overpriced tractors worth P1.737 billion. In her Senate Resolution (SR) 213, Marcos said there are concerns that the discovery of such irregularity would cause delay in the implementat

The new chief of Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization has taken back his statement on the alleged overpriced farm tractors acquired last year, but recommended the filing cases of gross negligence against previous officers responsible for the said purchase.

MANILA - Rodrigo R. Duterte, the oldest to get elected as Philippine president and the first chief executive from Mindanao, turns 77 on Monday (March 28). Being the top leader of the country, he has faced the country's problems with his promise of "Tapang at Malasakit" or courage and empathy to the Filipino people. While it is Duterte's last to celebrate his birthday as the country's president, he would be remembered by his fellow Filipinos for his legacy. Let us take a loo...

UPGRADE FARMS.Farmers nationwide avail of the Department of Agriculture's Mechanization Program under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). RCEF was created following the signing into law of RA 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law.(Screengrab from DA Presser) MANILA- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been upgrading the rice farmers' methods of doing work by providing free machinery and equipment. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMec...

BETTER FARMING.The Department of Agriculture has turned over another batch of farm machinery to cooperatives and associations in Mindanao. These equipment were procured under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program.(DA PhilMech photo) MANILA-Farmers and stakeholders have been slowly reaping the benefits under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). Recently, the Department of Agriculture- Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA...

The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) has distributed farm machines worth P439.8 million in Leyte, benefitting 131 qualified farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) from 38 municipalities and cities of the province. The P439.8-million worth of machin

The government may soon be able to complete the distribution of 15,900 farm machines and postharvest technologies worth P10 billion to rice farmers more than two years after the rice competitiveness enhancement fund (RCEF) was created. Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) Executive Director Baldwin G. Jallorina said…

The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) is now investigating fraudulent activities that have been taking place in the distribution of farm equipment funded by the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). In a briefing, PHilMech Executive Director Bald