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Amid calls for Senate intervention on the rising cost of fertilizer on rice, a top official from Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) said price movements of this particular farm input are beyond the Philippine government’s control amid a liberalized regime. As this developed, the Department of
Senator Cynthia Villar is thankful that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 26, lauded the passage of three very important legislations in agriculture which she authored among his accomplishments during his term from 2016 to 2020.
10430 ILOILO CITY – As part of the government’s food security program, the youth in Western Visayas has been urged to participate in agricultural programs of the Department of Agriculture Region 6 (Western Visayas). “We want to harness the skills and encourage the youth to get involved in agricultur
DA, LandBank aid Bataan farmers boost palay production
Palay farmers Godofredo Magpoc (leftmost), Danilo Zulueta (upper right), and Roberto Morales (lower right) reap the benefits of financial assistance from the Expanded Rice Credit Assistance under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ERCA-RCEF) Program of Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) for the production requirements of their rice fields. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and for the past 37 years, Godofredo Magpoc has provided for his family by growing different varieties of palay in his 2-hectare farm in Orion town. But with the recent decline i...