Published February 24, 2021, 7:30 AM
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) plan to increase the biodiesel blend to 5.0 percent by volume (B5) this year is seen to translate to P13 billion in foreign exchange (forex) savings for the Philippines.
The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA), the industry regulating body which shares a seat with DOE in the country’s National Biodiesel Board (NBB), project the savings based on diesel oil importation costs.
MB FILE-A coconut plantation in Malvar, Batangas. (KJ ROSALES) | mb.com.ph
Biodiesel advocates, such as The Philippine Biodiesel Association, say that savings from B5 will also be felt by motorists.
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DA-PCIC urges raisers to insure hogs so they can bounce back
Author: DA Communications Group | 21 January 2021
Agriculture Secretary William Dar is urging backyard and commercial hog raisers to secure insurance packages so they can recover part of their investments, in case their farms are affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF). As the Department of Agriculture (DA) intensifies efforts to encourage hog raisers to get back to business and, ultimately, help pork production rebound, availing of an insurance coverage is a prudent safety net for existing raisers and for those in ASF-free areas who will venture into this business, Secretary Dar said.
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 21 — Agriculture Secretary William Dar is urging backyard and commercial hog raisers to secure insurance packages so they can recover part of their investments, in case their farms are affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF).“As the Department of Agriculture (DA).
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Bohol launches Communal Garden Project as sustainable food source
Bohol has launched its Communal Garden project as a sustainable food source for communities.
The Bohol Communal Garden (BCG) serves as a complementary economic development intervention to harness rural women’s capability in sustaining communal gardens to achieve community food security.
An agricultural base provides a local food source for the community, while the community provides new markets for farmers through commercial distribution. This will allow rural women to establish their agency and independence by leading their respective communal gardens.
Serving women from five different municipalities in Bohol, the BCG aims to re-engage rural women in entrepreneurship and train them through a series of modules on food sovereignty and security, digital marketing and sales literacy, leadership and management, values formation and gender and development.