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Agriculture Secretary William Dar (right) and Undersecretary for Operations Ariel Cayanan* An official of the Department of Agriculture said the

SunStar + January 08, 2021 THE Board of Investments (BOI) has formally launched the Philippine Cold Chain Industry Roadmap, which targets a 10 percent to 15 percent increase in cold storage capacity annually, or 50,000 pallets more each year, to serve increasing needs of various industries. The revenue of the country’s cold chain industry is expected to reach P20 billion by end of 2023, not including demand for storage of Covid-19 vaccines to be imported into the country in the next three to five years, according to Trade undersecretary and BOI managing head Ceferino Rodolfo. H...

  Each qualified farmer from the 4th to 6th class local government units (LGUs) in Ilocos Sur received a total of P5,000.00-worth assistance to include P3,000.00 cash, P1,000.00 worth of rice, and P1,000.00 worth of dressed chicken and eggs.   A farmer gets the trays of eggs from the local accredited supplier for the Cash and Food Subsidy for Marginal Farmers and Fishers Program of the Department of Agriculture during the program’s launching at the Sta. Maria Sports Complex, Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur on December 27, 2020. (Photo by FGL,PIA 1)   Part of the Stimulus Package for Agriculture ...

Philippines: Greenhouse villages planned as part of “Plant, Plant, Plant” Program The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), has partnered with four barangays in Caloocan and Quezon cities for the establishment of “Greenhouse Village” in support to the urban agriculture initiative of the “Plant, Plant, Plant” Program. Key ATI officials signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with representatives from barangays 179 and 180 in Caloocan, and Payatas and Tandang Sora in Quezon City which will serve as pilot areas for this undertaking. ATI Ass...

Published December 22, 2020, 5:00 PM The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 8 (DA-RFO 8), a report from the DA-RFO 8 has distributed the needed rice seeds and fertilizers to the farmers in Eastern Visayas for this cropping season, a report from the DA-RFO 8, based in this city said. Francisco Rosaroso DA-RFO 8 regional information officer told Manila Bulletin that DA-RFO 8 has already earmarked and distributed 34,269 bags of rice seeds and 52,950 bags of fertilizers positioned in the six provinces of Region 8 as of the second week of this month. Leyte got the lion share of th...