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Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss MANILA - The Philippines and Israel are partnering to further boost the country's dairy sector. In a signing ceremony on March 2, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar and Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss signed a joint declaration that would jumpstart technical and economic partnerships between Filipino stakeholders and Israeli agri-food industry players. "We aim to introduce smart and precision agriculture while using Israeli technology adjusted to local ...

Local meat importers belonging to the Meat Importers and Traders Association (Mita) are urging the government to resume the issuance of sanitary and phytosanitary import clearance (SPS-IC) for poultry products from North America. In a letter to high-ranking government officials, Mita expressed its concern over the “long delay” in the…

SUPPORT NEEDED. Five bills that support the strengthening and expanding of the country's livestock sector are now being proposed with the strong backing of the Department of Agriculture. DA Secretary William Dar said the country needs to secure food resources and one way to do this is to motivate livestock investors. (Photo courtesy of DA) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) has expressed its support for the passage of Senate Bill 139, known as the Philippine Livestock Industry Development Act, and four other bills geared to boost the livestock sector. In a statement on Thursday, D...

May 5, 2021 Although the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin has not yet been proven effective against COVID-19 in animals, the Department of Agriculture (DA) will also evaluate whether it is effective in pigs against African swine fever (ASF). Special Order No. 310 released by Agriculture Secretary William Dar on April 30 formed the inter-agency research team for the preliminary trial. According to Agriculture Undersecretary William Medrano, ivermectin has been found in other countries to be effective as a drug against other viral animal diseases. “There are scientific literatures already na iv...

By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published May 4, 2021 11:32am The Department of Agriculture (DA) has created a research team to look into the potential of antiparasitic drug ivermectin to prevent and control the spread of African swine fever (ASF). In his Special Order No. 310, series of 2021, dated April 30, 2021,  Agriculture Secretary William Dar ordered the establishment of the research team for ASF control and prevention. The research team is tasked to “prepare research proposals on the use of Ivermectin, ASF Buster, Cloud Feed and other potential products for the control and preventi...