Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "agriculture"

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    • Addressing climate change thru our young 

      Borgueta, Sandra Joyce (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 31, 2016, on page A14)
      The drought has caused a heavy loss in the agricultural sector. The DA reported that a total of 134,321 metric tons of crops have been damaged as of March 7, 2016, by the dry spell. This affects an estimated 12 million ...

    • Agri damage piling up as storm exits PAR 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 31, 2022, on page A2)
      Damage to the agriculture sector caused by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae), which is due to leave the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) Monday afternoon, started to pile up after heavy rains ...

    • Agri exports: scorecard of presidents 

      Dy, Rolando (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 2, 2016, on page B2)
      The poor performance of Philippine agriculture exports is a sad narrative. Expanding exports are key to agricultural growth and diversification. Data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations ...

    • Agriculture before the 2016 elections 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 10, 2015, on page B3)
      At the start of 2015, we should focus on agricultural development instead of being unduly distracted by the 2016 elections. This especially applies to the possible misuse of the Department of Agriculture's (DA) proposed ...

    • Agriculture can save the Philippines from COVID-19 havoc 

      Docena-Asuelo, Belen (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 3, 2020, on page A9)
      A resounding yes to “Hope in agriculture” (Editorial, 5/24/20). As a country with vast untapped agricultural lands and abundant bodies of water, we need to revive the agriculture sector. And this global pandemic made us ...

    • Agriculture Fisheries 2025 not 'ningas cogon' 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 17, 2015, on page B4)
      The main convenors of the AF2025 Conference were Agricultural Secretary Proceso Alcala, Congressional Agricultural Committee Chairs Senator Francis Pangilinan and Rep. Mark Mendoza, and private sector leaders from agriculture ...

    • Agriculture grew 5.72% in first half: decline is expected next quarter due to bird flu outbreak 

      Ocampo, Karl (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 16, 2017, on page B1)
      The agriculture sector expanded by 6.18 percent in the second quarter from a year ago, bringing the first-half growth to 5.72 percent, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. According to the PSA, the ...

    • Apec can be a game changer for agriculture sector 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 17, 2015, on page B2-2)
      In the months preceding the Apec Leaders’ Meeting this week, Alyansa Agrikultura was asked to participate in five Apec working sessions. The invitation came from the Philippine government and the Apec Business Advisory ...

    • Ban Manila Bay reclamation projects, Marcos asked 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 18, 2022, on page A5)
      Farmers and fisherfolk marked World Food Day on Monday by urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to address hunger by rejecting all reclamation activities on Manila Bay and to stave off inflation. Peasant groups like ...

    • Batanes as next agri tourism spot pushed 

      Ocampo, Karl (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 15, 2018, on page B1)
      With the appointment of agriculture undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat as the next tourism chief, the prospect of Batanes becoming a popular agro-tourism spot has become “brighter,” according to Agriculture Secretary ...

    • Credit and extension unity needed for agriculture 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 14, 2018, on page B6)
      At the May 17th Agriculture Credit Forum, agriculture extension was hardly mentioned. But if credit is made available with no financially viable projects coming from effective agriculture extension, the credit will never ...

    • DA allots ₱1B to lending program for farmers: Rural banks urged to roll out innovative financing schemes 

      Domingo, Ronnel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 14, 2013, on page B2-4)
      The Department of Agriculture has set aside ₱1 billion for a lending program to help farmers, fishers and rural entrepreneurs and has also called on rural banks to provide rural folk greater access to funds. In a statement, ...

    • DA earmarks P8.5B for farmers, fisherfolks hit by typhoons 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 28, 2020, on page A13)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted P8.5 billion to aid farmers and fisherfolk distraught by the series of typhoons that recently hit the country. The money—pooled from funds allocated to the agency under the ...

    • DA launches integrated urban fish-garden farming 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 28, 2020, on page B3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is bringing urban garde­ning closer to homes as it formally launched its urban aquaponics program early this week, which will provide interested municipalities with the proper equipment ...

    • DA sets P853M for affected farmers, fishfolk 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 19, 2021, on page A7)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated P853 million to assist farmers and fisherfolk affected by Typhoon Odette, Secretary William Dar said on Friday. Dar said the DA had prepositioned P355.26 million worth of ...

    • DA starts giving aid to farmers, fisherfolk 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 5, 2019, on page B6)
      The newly minted agriculture chief kicked off last week his regional visits to distribute aid to farmers and fisherfolk amid the tragedy besetting the rice industry as palay prices continue to drop. Agriculture Secretary ...

    • DA wants execs back under DA 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 5, 2010, on page A1)
      Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala wants to take back supervision over agricultural officers, which has been devolved to the local government units. Alcala believes he could better implement the projects of the Aquino ...

    • Ex-Cordillera exec says commercial eroding native culture 

      Cariño, Delmar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 12, 2010, on page A8)
      The government’s open-door policy for big business, like commercial production of vegetables and large-scale mining, are fast eroding the Cordillera’s traditional practices that should instead be tapped to preserve indigenous ...

    • Farmers laud Marcos' agriculture focus; fishers hit 'silence' on WPS 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr; Aglibot, Joanna Rose (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 2, 2022, on page A7)
      Peasant groups welcomed the declaration of President Marcos to immediately address problems besetting the agriculture sector but fishers’ groups lamented that the new Chief Executive failed to mention their right to fish ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk achieve common ground with gov't 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 5, 2021, on page A13)
      Instead of an irreconcilable conflict between farmers/fisherfolk and government, common ground was forged at the National Food Security Summit (NFSS) on May 18-19. Furthermore, from May 31 to June 2, follow up top-level ...