ILOILO CITY, Feb.3(PIA)—Farmers in Iloilo are keeping up with the challenges of the deluge of agricultural imports, once the ASEAN Integration impacts on the country. The imports can compete with the local produce and farmers should also be competitive, Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Operations Edilberto de Luna said during a visit here. “We should make our rice production competitive” de Luna told the farmers in one of the areas he visited. It can be learned […]
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Government to improve credit access for small farmers
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 22 — The Department of Agriculture is set to implement a financing model that further improves credit access for small farmers participating in the agribusiness value chain. The implementation of the program was signaled by the turnover of P40-million worth of funds by the DA’s Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) to the Philippine Postal Savings Bank, Inc. (Postbank) on September 18, 2015. Agriculture Secretary and ACPC Chair Proceso Alcala had likewise signed the […]
EU to give 500 million euros to farmers hit by Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 8 (Reuters) — The European Commission announced a 500 million euro ($557 million) package of measures on Monday (September 7) to provide relief for farmers stung by slumping prices, triggered partly by the loss of exports to Russia due to EU sanctions against the country. The crisis has triggered a wave of protests which culminated on Monday with nearly 5,000 farmers and more than 1,000 tractors arriving in Brussels, where an emergency […]
NIA starts giving aid to farmers
The National Irrigation Administration will begin giving aid to farmers as water levels in dams continue to dry up.
Farmers in Tarlac prepare for El Niño
The local government of Concepcion, Tarlac is already preparing for the effects of the El Niño phenomenon, one of which is the giving of financial assistance to affected farmers.
