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FARM INPUT SUPPORT. A rice field in the municipality of Sibalom, considered the rice granary of Antique. Sonie Guanco of the Department of Agriculture 6 (Western Visayas) said on Friday (July 22, 2022) that 17,044 farmers in the province would be receiving fertilizer discount vouchers.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - About 17,044 rice farmers in Antique province are expected to benefit from the fertilizer discount vouchers (FDV) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) as farm input support. DA Agricultural Program Coordinating Office (APCO) officer i...

MEAT SHOP. The Legazpi Livestock Poultry Raisers Agriculture Cooperative (LLPRAC) sells meat products at reasonable prices while using accurate weighing scales. The cooperative buys live pigs from its hog raiser members. (Photo by Emmanuel Solis) LEGAZPI CITY - A farmer cooperative of livestock and poultry raisers here has put up a meat shop to address unreasonable price hikes and artificial shortage of meat products in the city's local markets. Aldin Mina, president of the Legazpi Livestock Poultry Raisers Agriculture Cooperative (LLPRAC), in an interview on Friday said their meat shop is...

Ensuring food sufficiency for a so-called agricultural country remains a holistic challenge for the Philippines considering the post-coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic effects, the Ukraine-Russia conflict resulting in food crisis worldwide, and the accelerating global inflation

A farmer in Nueva Ecija (PNA photo by Oliver Marquez) #PBBMSONA2022 MANILA - Ensuring food sufficiency for a so-called agricultural country remains a holistic challenge for the Philippines considering the post-coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic effects, the Ukraine-Russia conflict resulting in food crisis worldwide, and the accelerating global inflation. But putting a premium on what President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. described as an "existential, even a moral imperative" is on top of the agenda of his administration to ensure end-to-end satisfaction for Fi...

FUEL SUBSIDY.Qualified corn farmers in Nueva Ecija show the fuel discount cards they received from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Central Luzon on Wednesday (July 13, 2022). The DA has released some PHP121 million worth of fuel subsidies for 404 qualified corn farmers in Nueva Ecija.(Photo courtesy of DA Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga -The Department of Agriculture-Central Luzon (DA-3) has distributed some PHP121 million worth of fuel subsidies to corn farmers in Nueva Ecija as part of its continuing effort to help ease the impact of the rising oil prices in the agricultural sect...