Tag: agriculture

Pangilinan wants bigger budget for agri department

(Eagle News)–Senator Kiko Pangilinan has called for a bigger budget for the agriculture department so the Philippines could compete with its rice-exporting neighbors. Pangilinan made the call as he noted that Vietnam’s and Thailand’s annual budget for agriculture trumps the Philippines’ 2.45 billion USD annual agriculture budget. Pangilinan said Vietnam’s 70.23 billion USD is over 28 times bigger and Thailand’s 1 trillion baht (or about 32.994 billion USD) is 13.44 times bigger based on Department […]

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Agri chief Dar given additional post as Cabinet officer for Regional Dev’t in Cordillera

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte recently assigned Agriculture Secretary William Dar as Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security (CORDS) in Cordillera Administrative Administration (CAR). Dar said the new post will require him to visit provinces in the Cordillera region regularly. “Given this recent post, I will be regularly coming here not only in Benguet but other provinces of Cordillera to address concerns and issues in the area and make reports to the […]

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Dar asks Cebu, Bohol to reconsider decision imposing total ban on Luzon pork, processed meat products

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture urged the Bohol and Cebu local governments to reconsider their decision to impose a total ban on all hogs and processed pork products from Luzon where some areas have tested positive for African Swine Fever (ASF). Agriculture secretary William Dar particularly asked Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia and Bohol governor Arthur Yap to “soften their hearts and allow the transport and trade of ASF-free hogs, pork, pork products […]

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Paris, four other French cities ban use of pesticides

  PARIS, France (AFP) — Paris and four other French cities on Thursday banned the use of synthetic pesticides within their boundaries as an anti-chemicals movement that began in the countryside gains momentum. Lille in the north, Nantes in the west, Grenoble in the southeast and the central city of Clermont-Ferrand joined Paris in implementing the ban, citing the need to safeguard biodiversity and public health. The move is mainly symbolic in urban areas given […]

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De Lima wants free tertiary agricultural education for qualified farmers’ children

(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima has filed a bill seeking for free tertiary agricultural education for the dependents of indigent farmers. In filing Senate Bill No. 853, De Lima cited data from the  Philippine Statistics Authority 2015 Poverty Statistics for Basic Sectors report which noted that farmers and fishermen are the sectors with the highest poverty incidence. She said the poverty incidence for the sector of farmers was at 34.3 percent. “Naturally, families of farmers […]

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President Duterte chooses Dr. William Dar as new agriculture secretary

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has chosen his next Agriculture Secretary in the person of Dr. William Dar, a noted international agriculturist and a former secretary himself of the Department of Agriculture. Dar holds the distinction of being the first Filipino and Asian to be the Director General of International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). He served as ICRISAT director general for 15 years, having been selected for the post […]

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Thai farmers on the cash trail with snail slime

by Delphine THOUVENOT and Anusak KONGLANG NAKHON NAYOK, Thailand (AFP) — Giant snails inch across a plate of pumpkin and cucumber in central Thailand, an “organic” diet to tease the prized collagen-rich mucus from the molluscs, which to some cosmetic firms are now more valuable than gold. The snails at Phatinisiri Thangkeaw’s farm were once the scourge of rice farmers, loathed for eating the buds of new crops. “Farmers used to throw them on the […]

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Worsening world hunger affects 821 million: UN

by Philippe RATER UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — More than 821 million people suffered from hunger worldwide last year, the United Nations reported Monday — the third year in a row that the number has risen. After decades of decline, malnutrition began to increase in 2015, mainly because of climate change and war. Reversing the trend is one of the 2030 targets of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals which aim to improve the planet […]

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President Duterte eyeing to appoint Piñol to MinDa to hasten BARMM progress

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing the transfer of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol to the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), saying the needed someone who knows Mindanao well to help him to coordinate efforts between the national government and the newly formed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “I cannot see anybody in the horizon except Piñol who knows and grew up…was born in Mindanao and grew up there. He is a […]

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Piñol submits courtesy resignation to President Duterte

  (Eagle News) – Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has submitted his courtesy resignation to President Rodrigo Duterte, requesting him to “relieved” from his present position. This was revealed by Senator-elect Christopher “Bong” Go, Duterte’s former aide, on Thursday. “With the best interest of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its stakeholders in mind, may I request that I be relieved from my present position as secretary of agriculture and reassigned to whichever agency you believe […]

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DA initiates metro-wide promo for PHL mangoes as surplus harvest reaches two million kilos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZwDzhMXc5Y (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture initiated a marketing and promotional campaign for Philippine mangoes as a quick response to the oversupply of mangoes in the country. Dubbed as TienDA Plus Metro-wide mango festival, the DA is hoping that this event which runs from June 10 until Tuesday, June 11, will urge more people to buy more Philippine mangoes. The department also hopes that a million mangoes would be sold for this week […]

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Trump unveils $16-billion aid for farmers hurt by China trade war

by Heather SCOTT WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new $16 billion aid package to help farmers caught in the crossfire his trade war with China. “The farmers have been attacked by China,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We’re going to help out our farmers and we’re giving them that level playing field that is so important.” Trump again claimed that China is paying the 25 percent […]

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