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The Brunei private sector will formally join the ASEAN Food Security Alliance (AFSA) with the signing of an MOU between the ASEAN Business Advisory Council Philippines and ASEAN BAC Brunei this May 29 in Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam.

One hundred Nobel laureates agree: The campaign against biotech-enhanced golden rice is a "crime against humanity."

One hundred Nobel laureates agree: The campaign against biotech-enhanced golden rice is a "crime against humanity."

THE Philippines, through a private sector-led initiative, will work closely with Malaysia to further strengthen the agriculture sectors between the two Southeast Asian countries. The upcoming collaboration is all set with the scheduled trade visit of local agriculture companies to their Malaysian counterparts on April 23 and 24. Their agenda…

EXCLUSIVE: Part 1 | Gamaliel Cordoba, who headed the NTC during the Duterte regime, has a personal stake in commercial fishing because of his family’s business. During his time, the commission stopped issuing service numbers for trackers that would prevent unregulated fishing.

Nine individuals—including a former Cabinet secretary, scientists, biotech experts, a regulator, a policy expert and a farmer—were added to the roster of awardees of the esteemed Filipino Faces of Biotechnology (FFOB) in 2023 for their excellence in and contributions to the technology, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Biotech Program Office announced.…

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines (TECO) announced the opening of the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) Demonstration Farm at Barangay Sapang Maragul in Tarlac City last December 15. TECO Representative, Ambassador Wallace M.G. Chow, hosted the said event. Among those dignitaries present at the unveiling ceremony were…

One of Israel’s largest agriculture companies met with several Philippine companies to explore possible partnerships, specifically on agriculture technology. Israel’s Innovative Agro Industry (IAI) met with companies that are part of the Kapatid Angat Lahat sa Agri Program (KALAP) of Go Negosyo, led by founder Joey Concepcion. The group from…

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.

AS a result of inadequate, scattered and sometimes unreliable data on the agricultural sector, Secretary Francis Tiu Laurel Jr. articulated the need for the reestablishment of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) in the Department of Agriculture (DA).