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By Niño N. Luces LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Ako Bicol Representative Alfredo Garbin proposed on Tuesday that the National Food Authority (NFA) buy rice from local... Read More...

Calabarzon LGUs support ‘Kadiwa on Wheels’, urban gardening

By Danny Estacio CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Local government units in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon (Calabarzon) region have shown support for t... Read More...

Help farmers now: COVID-19 crisis highlights how food insecure the Philippines is

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By Yvette Tan The COVID-19 crisis has not just affected people, it’s affecting our country’s food security as well. Due to many factors that include the t... Read More...

This online class will teach kids how to start an urban garden

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Almost all of the country has been asked to stay indoors in a bid to halt the spread of COVID-19. As it's also summertime, this means a lot of kids, parents,... Read More...

Saranggani LGU buys 1,000 kilos of squash from local farmers to distribute with relief goods

With most of the country under extreme enhanced community quarantine in a bid to halt the spread of COVID-19, many local government units (LGUs) have been taske... Read More...

DA protocol during Enhanced Community Quarantine

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued Protocols on Enhanced Community Quarantine on social and physical distancing. The measures have been approved by t... Read More...

Commodities available from March 26 to 27, 2020 at ATI Diliman, QC

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The Kadiwa Market will be open on March 26 and March 27 from 5 am to 5 pm or until supplies last. Vegetables and other commodities come from farms in nearby reg... Read More...

Solon calls for swift utilization of 3 billion-Peso aid for farmers

Following the release of the P27.1 billion package aimed to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, AAMBIS-OWA Party-list Representative and House Committe... Read More...

La Trinidad vegetable trading post to temporarily close due to COVID-19 threat

By Yvette Tan The Municipality of La Trinidad issued an Executive Order “ordering the temporary closure of the La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post in view of ... Read More...

SEARCA renews 20-year commitment to support PH biotech info center

March 2020, Los Baños, Laguna - Fully committed to continuing the delivery of credible, science-based information on agricultural biotechnology for Southeast As... Read More...

Bird flu in Nueva Ecija confirmed by Agriculture Secretary Dar

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Last March 13, tests for avian influenza were conducted after the death of 1,500 quails out of the 15,000 population in a quail farm in Jaen, Nueva Ecija. 30 li... Read More...

DA Secretary discusses supply and demand for goods amid COVID19 outbreak

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By Ellaine Kryss Hubilla The Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar discussed the Food Resiliency Action Plan for Metro Manila, as the place wa... Read More...

Fresh produce from Benguet available at DA Compound in QC from March 12 to 13, 2020

By Vina V. Medenilla Due to the COVID-19 threat, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) postponed the National Food Fair 2020 that was supposed to happen... Read More...

World’s sweetest mango available at DTI Makati branch today

The Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) Food Fair was cancelled today. However, a post going around social media says that there is 1.6 tons of Guimaras ma... Read More...

Two municipalities in Benguet infected with ASF

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Provincial veterinary office chief Dr. Meriam Tiongan received confirmation that laboratory test samples from piggeries at Camp 1, Tuba and Beckel, La Trinidad ... Read More...

Life-changing technology for small farmers

By Julio P. Yap Jr. Following his fervor to fully support small farmers, particularly those in the sugarcane-producing areas, the president of the Central Ph... Read More...

USAID grants awards to scale up initiatives in restoring Manila Bay

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By Sahlie P. Lacson The U.S. government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), recently awarded two new grants to reduce pl... Read More...

Rabbit industry may be a sustainable alternative for livestock production

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By Ellaine Kryss Hubilla The 1st National Rabbit Congress is happening today at Bulacan Agricultural State College at Brgy. Pinaod San Ildefonso, Bulacan. ... Read More...

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