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'Quinta' losses: Damage to WV agri, fishery reaches P132M
Typhoon “Quinta” left P132.63 million worth of damage to rice, high-value commercial crops (HVCC) and the fishery sector in the provinces of Western Visayas. Department of Agriculture (DA) regional executive director Remelyn ...
- November 5, 2020
DOST finds good rice fertilizer in seaweeds
Apart from the uniqueness of edible seaweeds as a highly nutritious food commodity, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has found out that it can also provide a natural fertilizer capable of increasing rice ...
- October 20, 2015
Small fisherfolk to get Laguna Lake fisheries priority
The Laguna Lake Development Authority(LLDA) will prioritize small fisherfolk for fisheries in Laguna de Bay, the Philippines’ biggest lake. Allocation of the lake’s fishing areas will prioritize such fisherfolk there, noted ...
- March 30, 2017
Spanish mariculture parks benefits Siargao fishermen
A big number of fishermen in this island and in Barobo town, Surigao del Sur have started to reap the fruits of the two Mariculture Park projects of Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional (AECI). Dapa Municipal Mayor ...
- October 2, 2010
Bohol fish market to serve as template for agri-tourism TienDA
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has called the newly launched Bohol Fish Market in Tagbilaran City “an overwhelming success” and plans to replicate it in various parts of the country. “The successful staging of the ...
- August 20, 2018
Pollution alarms Panay prawn growers
A group of prawn growers here, alarmed over the mass death of prawns worth million of pesos reportedly due to prawn virus, water pollution, and chemicals has asked the Department of Public Works and Highways and the ...
- March 24, 1992
Nat'l Abalone Breeding Program to address in shortage in world market
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap on Friday launched here a five-year program spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEFDEC) and Bureau of Fisheries and Agriculture Research (BFAR) to address ...
- July 14, 2007
DA launches abalone breeding program
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap yesterday launched in Iloilo a five-year program to address shortage of abalone in the world market spearheaded by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center and the Bureau of Fisheries ...
- July 14, 2007
Open fishing season
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has urged fisherfolk to take advantage of the open fishing season in most parts of the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. Open fishing ...
- June 8, 2020
BFAR plans closed fishing season
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and allied agencies are finalizing plans to suspend all fishing and caning operations in Zamboanga and nearby islands and provinces. BFAR Regional Director Ahadulla Sajli ...
- September 21, 2012