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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture held a double celebration for its post-harvest mechanization. The 39th Anniversary of Post-Harvest Mechanization and 18th Post-harvest loss prevention week had the theme “Aangat ang Pagsasaka sa Paggamit ng Tamang Makinarya.” The celebration includes seminars and actual demonstrations of the use of different machines in agriculture. https://youtu.be/P6ggWTMEd0M
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Hinikayat ng Department of Agriculture ang mga magsasaka sa rehiyon na magtanim ng cacao o kape. Ayon kay Regional Director Constancio Alama ng DA Region 9, ito ay dahil mataas ngayon ang pangangailangan nito sa global market. Ayon pa kay Alama, mayroon silang 1.3 milyon na mga seedling ng cacao na inuukol sa buong Zamboanga Peninsula. Una umano na makikinabang dito ang people organizations, lokal na pamahalaan at mga state […]
Eagle News — Batay sa pahayag ni Agriculture Sec. Emmanuel Piñol, ang puti at dilaw na mais na aanihin sa taong ito ay aabot sa walo punto isang milyong metriko tonelada. Ito umano ang unang beses na maaaring makamit ng bansa ang kasapatan sa mais ng isang daan at dalawampung porsiyento. Sa kabila ito ng naranasang sunod sunod na kalamidad na madalas na nananalasa tulad ng El Niño. Kaugnay nito, isa namang kilalang kumpanya ng binhi […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol threatened to file charges of economic sabotage against traders who hoard rice. “The moment I sense that there is an attempt on the part of rice traders to create a rice shortage I will recommend to the President the creation of a task force that would open up and inspect all warehouses all over the country and those found hoarding rice should be charged with […]
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, Feb. 17 (PIA) — The state weather bureau PAGASA has been recording a drop of temperature due to the Amihan the past days which caused some vegetable-producing towns in the province to experience frost locally termed as “andap.” Atok Mayor Peter Alos and Mankayan Mayor Materno Luspian clarified that the reported occurrence of frost in their municipalities has no effect on the supply and prices of vegetables. Alos said there were reports […]
ORMOC CITY, Leyte (Eagle News) – Umaabot sa 22 magsasaka ang nakinabang sa ipinamahaging farming machinery na mula sa iba’t ibang Farmers Association ng Ormoc City. Ang pamamahagi ng nasabing kagamitan ay pinangunahan ni Ormoc City Mayor Richard I. Gomez. Dinaluhan din ito nina Councilor Tommy Serafica, officer-in-charge ng Committee on Agriculture, Councilor Vincent Rama, at mga taga-LGU Ormoc. Ang mga ipinamahaging gamit pangsaka ay tulad ng mga sumusunod; 16 units na water pumps 1 corn sheller 1 unit […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) –The Islamic Republic of Iran has opened its market to various agricultural products from the Philippines. Iran’s Ambassador to the Philippines, Mohammad Tanhael visited Department of Agriculture on Friday, January 13, and said Iran would like to buy more produce in the country, especially abaca, banana, mangoes, and pineapples, while also offering apples and nuts in exchange. “As of now, we are currently buying abaca supply from a country which also […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 6 – The province of Marinduque received P6.3 million worth of agricultural assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA) for the rehabilitation program for both agriculture and fishery industries badly damaged by typhoon Nina. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol led the distribution of equipment to almost 500 affected farmers and fisherfolk during the stakeholders’ consultation in Boac, Marinduque on January 5, 2017. “I am amazed by the resilience of the […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 – The Department of Agriculture is proposing a P900-million Japanese Yen Loan with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the full mechanization of farming in a first batch of 10,000 hectares of selected rice farms under a program to modernize Philippine agriculture and help realize the Duterte Administration’s goals of producing and making available affordable food to Filipinos. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said that under the Philippine Agricultural Modernization Program, […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 5 – The attainment of the current administration’s goal of reducing poverty in the country is now rolling. Three checks worth P25 million each were released by the Department of Agriculture 12 to provincial local government units (PLGUs) which are identified recipients of the government’s Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program. Under SAAD, the Agri department will focus on top 10 prioritized poorest provinces, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte’s thrust […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Pinatitiyak ngayon ni Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol sa Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) na kailangang sapat ang suplay ng isda sa pamilihan sa bansa. Kasunod ito ng direktiba mula kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na tiyaking sasapat ang mga ibinebentang isda sa mga palengke partikular na ang bangus at tilapia. Matatandaan na ipinag-utos ni Pangulong Duterte sa DENR at BFAR na tanggalin na ang mga Fish Pens sa Laguna Lake para hindi […]
Itutuloy ng Department of Agriculture ang cloud seeding program ngayong Mayo sa Region 10 sakaling patuloy pang mararanasan ang El Niño phenomenon. Napag-alamang naglaan ng nasa P177 million na pondo ang gobyerno para sa quick response funds sa mga magsasaka sa nabanggit na rehiyon na ayon naman sa DA ay nakabatay din sa laki ng pinsalang dulot ng matinding init sa lugar. Samantala bago pa man ang planong cloud seeding, namahagi na anila ng 58 […]
