Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:13:49 +0000
Damage to agricultural products due to the threat of El Niño has reached P5.7 billion, an official from the Department of Agriculture disclosed on Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 10:36:48 +0000
THE damage and losses to agriculture caused by El Niño has increased to P5.05 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday. Quoting from a report by the Disaster…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 09:11:06 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday reported that damage to rice and corn farms due to the El Niño phenomenon has reached P5.05 billion.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 14:23:28 +0000
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has ordered a temporary ban on pork and pork products coming from Japan following reports of African swine flu (ASF) in that country.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:44:25 +0000
About P36 million worth of hybrid palay, corn and assorted vegetable seeds were distributed to storm-hit farmers in Bicol.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 21:33:12 +0000
The failure of the Department of Agriculture to control the importation of chicken and pork may stamp out backyard poultry farming and hog raising in the country, Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) warned on Sunday.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:30:29 +0000
The Department of Agriculture (DA) was asked to stop the free flow of imported pork and chicken as it was now hurting local producers, particularly backyard raisers who have been selling their products at cost or at a loss.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 04:49:20 +0000
TACLOBAN CITY—A small town in Northern Samar could be uplifted from its poverty situation with the modernization of its agricultural sector.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:17:26 +0000
LIBON, Albay — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has earmarked P3.4 billion in financial aid for thousands of farmers who were likely to lose income after their crops were destroyed by Tropical Depression “Usman.”
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Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Manny Piñol on Monday echoed President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that there is no shortage of rice and food in the Philippines.
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