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A major revamp in agencies attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA) is not needed even after the Office of Ombudsman relieved the heads of the National Food Authority (NFA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Bfar). Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu P. Laurel Jr. also said the operations…
STATE-RUN National Food Authority (NFA) stands ready to borrow money from state-run banks should it need more cash in meeting its target of buying 500,000 metric tons (MT) of palay from local farmers this harvest season. High-ranking agriculture officials disclosed that the NFA plans to be more aggressive in procuring unmilled rice from farmers this
BusinessWorld January 25, 2021 | 12:02 am STATE-RUN Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has committed P1.2 billion to help jumpstart the Mindanao bamboo industry development program, which is intended to protect watersheds and provide livelihood to farmers and remote communities. Funding from the DBP Forest Program will help set up a processing facility in each of the eight initial bamboo cluster sites located in major river basins, according to Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol, chairman of Mindanao Development Authority (MiNDA), which organized the Mindanao Bamboo Summit...
Published December 29, 2020, 5:00 PM The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) will initiate the organization of the Mindanao Bamboo Industry Development Council next year to push the Green Mindanao Project, which promotes environment-friendly agricultural production. In a statement, MinDA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said that the establishment of the Bamboo Council supports the move of the private sector with the recent establishment of a bamboo processing facility in Malaybalay, Bukidnon Province. “The Bukidnon Giant Bamboo Resources Corp. (BGB) has established post-harvest facilities for ...