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The Department of Agriculture office in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) recommends a shift in funding bases, from agricultural production to addressing agricultural development needs
Rice Hybridization Program aims to make Davao rice-sufficient
INSURANCE. Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc says on Tuesday (Feb. 28, 2023) that hog repopulation has started in Ilocos Norte province under a "yellow zone" classification. Hog raisers here are encouraged to insure their pigs to recover their investment in case of a calamity. (PNA file photo) LAOAG CITY - The provincial government of Ilocos Norte on Tuesday urged all backyard and commercial hog raisers to secure insurance packages so they could recover part of their investments, in case their farms get affected by the African swine fever (ASF). To assist hog raisers to get back to bus...
DIGITALIZATING AGRICULTURE. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with members of the Private Sector Advisory Council's Agriculture Sector Group at Malacanan Palace in Manila on Thursday (Feb. 23, 2023). Marcos wants the speedy digitalization of farmers' registry and food balance sheet to develop the country's agricultural industry. (Screenshot from Radio Television Malacanang) MANILA - President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday sought to fast-track the digitalization of database of farmers and food balance sheet (FBS) to strengthen the country's agricultural industry. Thi...
DISCOUNT VOUCHERS. Farmers in San Felipe town, Zambales province show the fertilizer discount vouchers that they received from the Department of Agriculture during the distribution activity held on Thursday (Feb. 16, 2023). More than 2,700 farmers in the province have so far received the assistance. (Photo courtesy of the Provincial Government of Zambales) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - A total of 2,709 farmers in Zambales have received fertilizer discount vouchers from the Department of Agriculture in Central Luzon (DA-3) since the distribution activities started early this month. Regional ...