NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (Eagle News) — Ipinahayag ng Department of Agriculture (DA)-Negros Island Region na bibili ang naturang ahensya ng nasa P16.2 million na halaga ng binhi ng palay para sa mga magsasakang apektado ng El Niño phenomenon sa naturang lugar. Ayon kay DA Regional Executive Director Renato Manantan, nagtutulungan aniya sila ngayon ng Office of the Provincial Agriculturist para sa validation ng pinsalang dulot ng matinding init sa agrikultura sa Negros Occidental. Samantala, napag-alamang una […]
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S.Africa’s Zuma faces no-confidence vote in parliament
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AFP) — Beleaguered South African President Jacob Zuma Tuesday faced a no-confidence vote in parliament for a second time in less than a year and a legal bid to reinstate corruption charges against him. The mounting pressure on the president comes against a background of economic crisis sparked by his firing of two finance ministers within days in December. The fallout was followed by a public row between the respected new Finance Minister […]
Youth urged to venture into farming
QUEZON CITY, Metro Manila (PIA) — “When I became the agri secretary in 2010, the average farmer age is 57 years old. But with the various interventions provided by the government—more specifically farm mechanization—there are more young farmers now,” Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said. The agri chief who recently led two farmers’ forum in CARAGA region, said, “The youth are encouraged to venture into farming with the realization that it’s now fun to farm.” […]
Government to import 500 metric tons of rice
President Benigno S. Aquino III gave the “go” signal to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to import 500 metric tons of rice to alleviate the effects of the El Niño phenomenon which is expected to be stronger in December, which is also the time of rice harvest in the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/MWQ72OUKFgY
Kahandaan ng DA-Region 1 sa El Niño
Tiniyak ng Department of Agriculture sa Region 1 ang kanilang kahandaan sa epekto ng El Niño phenomenon. May mga nakalatag na rin umano silang hakbang para masigurong hindi gaanong maaapektuhan ng El Niño ang sektor ng agrikultura.
DA signs implementing rules, regulations for amended Fisheries Code
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 29 — Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala has signed the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the amended Philippine Fisheries Code last 22 September 2015. The 89-page document setting the rules and regulations for Republic Act (RA) No. 10654, or the act that amended RA 8550, otherwise known as the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998, is the result of a 20-day drafting process involving commercial fishing companies, government, civil society organizations, the academe, […]
Gov’t temporarily bans poultry products from US, Israel
QUEZON CITY, PIA- To protect Filipino consumers, the Philippines’ Department of Agriculture (DA) has issued a temporary ban on poultry meat and eggs coming from the US’s Oregon State, and Haifa, Israel, the agency announced over the weekend. “The Philippine government put a temporary ban on the import of domestic and wild birds and their products coming from Oregon, USA, as a precautionary measure against Avian Flu,” DA Secretary Proceso Alcala said in a statement, […]
