Published May 25, 2021, 10:32 AM
Villar SIPAG has four farm schools, which were established one after the other since 2015. The first is located in the boundary of Las Piñas City and Bacoor city that cater to farmers in NCR, Southern Luzon, and Bicol. The farm in San Jose del Monte City opened in July 2016. It also offers free training programs for farmers in Northern and Central Luzon and the Cordilleras.
Both Villar SIPAG farms schools are venues of the training program on Agri-Crops production in partnership with East West Seeds Foundation- program that is open to everyone who wants to learn urban agriculture, Training on Farm Business School, Production of High Quality Inbred Rice Seeds and Farm Mechanization, Workshop on Farm Machinery Operation, Management and Enterprise and Training on the Operation and Maintenance of Rice Machinery. All these in partnerships with Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Philmech, Philrice and TESDA. It also provides location for training on
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Two legislations authored by Sen. Villar spur farm school s growth in the PH
Villar SIPAG has four farm schools established one after the other since 2015. The first is located in the boundary of Las Pinas City and Bacoor city that cater to farmers in NCR, Southern Luzon, and Bicol. The farm in San Jose del Monte City opened in July 2016.. It also offers free training programs for farmers in Northern and Central Luzon and the Cordilleras. Both Villar SIPAG farms schools are venues of the training program on Agri-Crops production in partnership with East West Seeds Foundation- program that is open to everyone who wants to learn urban agriculture, Training on Farm Business School, Production of High Quality Inbred Rice Seeds and Farm Mechanization, Workshop on Farm Machinery Operation, Management and Enterprise and Training on the Operation and Maintenance of Rice Machinery. All these in partnerships with Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), Philmech, Philrice and
Published on: Saturday, May 22, 2021
By: Philstar
Sacks of rice at Trabajo market in Sampaloc, Manila. (ABS-CBN News)
MANILA: Malacañang has rejected the call of some senators to withdraw President Duterte’s executive order that lowers to 35 percent the tariff rates on imported rice for a year.
Duterte made the decision to avert any possible rice shortage in the next months and avoid difficulty in importing rice from neighboring Southeast Asian countries, which tightened their exports last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr. cited Vietnam when it initially did not allow rice exports so it could proritise its own food security during the pandemic. Duterte had to take up the matter with Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc who agreed that the Philippines should still get supply but at much higher prices.
5 senators file reso urging Malacañang to withdraw EO reducing rice tariff to 35% By HANA BORDEY, GMA News
Published May 19, 2021 6:14pm Five senators on Wednesday filed a resolution urging Malacañang to withdraw Executive Order 135 which reduces the rice tariff from 40%-50% to 35% for one year. Under Senate Resolution 726, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, Senators Nancy Binay, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros, and Francis Pangilinan said there is “no reasonable and sufficient basis to reduce the tariff rates on rice and it will only cause more burden to our local rice farmers, further increase our import dependency, and cost the government millions in foregone revenues.”
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May 20, 2021 | 12:02 am
LAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has disbursed P7.5 billion in loans and cash grants to rice farmers since the signing of Republic Act No. 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law in 2019.Â
In a statement on Wednesday, the state-led bank said it has lent P7.5 billion as of April 30, which benefited 962,126 rice farmers across the country.
Of the total, P1.03 billion in cumulative loans were granted to 6,218 eligible borrowers under the Expanded Rice Credit Assistance (ERCA), which is part of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF).Â
âAvailable until 2024, LANDBANK will lend up to P500 million in credit assistance annually under ERCA-RCEF to rice farmers in 38 rice-producing provinces at affordable interest rates, with minimum documentary requirements,â it said.Â