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President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order approving the development plan for the coconut industry, which would pave the way for the release of a P75-billion trust fund for coconut farmers from coco levy assets sequestered by the government.
With the current cost of production of palay or unhusked rice, bringing down the price of rice to P20 a kilo is not possible.
(PNA file photo) MANILA - Experts have been working around the clock to finish clinical trials on a vaccine to stop the spread of the African swine fever, even as around 932 barangays have already been declared ASF-free nationwide, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday. In a virtual briefing, DA Secretary William Dar said the result of the second phase trial will be out by the end of June. "If this is the same result as in this Phase 1, we will recommend the massive vaccination of all the hogs that we have all over the country," he said. Dar was referring to the encouragi...
GLOBAL MARKET TRADES.Vegetable farmers bring their fresh produce to a trading facility in Baguio City where they are bought by traders and transported using huge trucks to the different markets outside the Cordillera for consumption of the Filipinos. The Department of Agriculture urged the United Nations to appeal to other countries to keep their market trades open to continue the food movement. (PNA file photo) MANILA - Following earlier warnings of the "looming global food crisis" as well as the continuing global inflation, the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesdayurged the Uni...
NO COLORS, NO PARTIES.Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Assistant Secretary Noel Reyes urge Filipinos to uniteand work on increasing food production in the country amid inflation and other global challenges.Officials said the public must support the incoming administration instead of resorting to political colors and parties. (Screengrab) MANILA- A united action among stakeholders in the country is needed for agricultural stability in the coming months, under the incoming administration of President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., an official of the Department of Agricultu...