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CERTIFIED PALAY SEEDS. A rice plantation in Iloilo province. This year the province gets the highest allocation for certified inbred seeds under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Program to be used for the wet planting season, James Earl Ogatis, chief of the Regional Agri-Fishery Information Section of DA Western Visayas, said on Friday (Jan. 27, 2023).(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated 430,196 bags of certified inbred seeds to 223,156 farmers in Western Visayas regionfor this wet pla...

(File photo) MANILA - A bill providing immediate financial assistance to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) in the event of natural calamities to make their losses more bearable hurdled second reading approval at the House of Representatives. During Wednesday's plenary session, the chamber passed via voice vote House Bill 6680, which aims to mitigate the effects of natural calamities by providing full insurance coverage to qualified farmers. The amendment to Republic Act 9700 states that full insurance coverage shall be provided to all qualified agrarian reform beneficiaries as defined in...

HELP FOR FARMERS. Rice farmers from the towns of San Narciso and San Marcelino in Zambales have started claiming financial assistance from the government this January. Each beneficiary is given PHP5,000 in cash as compensation for the income loss due to a drop in the selling price of palay and increasing costs of fertilizer and other farm inputs. (PNA file photo) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture (DA) continues to distribute cash assistance to eligible rice farmers under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund - Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA). DA R...

The Department of Agriculture is pushing the use of bio-fertilizers to boost corn production.

DISCOUNT VOUCHER. A farmer from Pura, Tarlac shows the fertilizer discount voucher that he received from the Department of Agriculture - Region 3 last Tuesday (Jan. 17, 2023). Under the DA's Rice Banner Program, the vouchers will be used by the farmer-beneficiaries to claim fertilizers at accredited merchants. (Photo courtesy of DA Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted some PHP286 million worth of fertilizer discount vouchers for rice farmers in Central Luzon as part of the government's continuing efforts to help the agricultural sec...