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    • FAO pushes for implementation of six-year Mindanao agri program 

      Macabalang, Ali G. (Manila Bulletin, December 15, 2015, on page 15)
      The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is facilitating the implementation of a six-year strategic framework for Mindanao’s agriculture sector that seeks to stir “inclusive growth and sustained ...

    • FAO to help in campaign vs illegal fishing 

      Cariaso, Bella (The Manila Times, August 16, 2022, on page A9)
      Delegates of the United Nations Food and Agriculture (UN FAO) arrived on Monday to assist the Philippines in its effort to combat illegal fishing, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. DA Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • FAO, BFAR launch campaign vs tilapia lake virus 

      Hernandez, Jerry (The Manila Times, January 25, 2023, on page A8)
      To mitigate the threats posed by the tilapia lake virus (TiLV) to the fishery industry, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) are gathering tilapia farmers and ...

    • FAO, DA launch drones for disaster risk reduction 

      (The Philippine Star, March 18, 2016, on page 1-2)
      Drones were launched yesterday to officially mark a joint undertaking by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to use the technology for disaster risk ...

    • Farm damage from 2 storms hit P565M 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, July 24, 2018, on page A3)
      The two tropical storms that soaked Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon damaged P565 million worth of crops, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday. The DA’s Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) ...

    • Farm fishing 

      Angara, Edgardo J. (Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2013, on page 11-12)
      For the first time in human history, farmed fish production overtook that of beef in 2012, based on data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United States Department of Agriculture. Where ...

    • Farm growth expected to have steadied 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel (BusinessWorld, December 19, 2019, on page S1/1-S1/5)
      Agriculture production likely sustained growth this quarter despite storms that cost the sector about P4 billion worth of losses, a Cabinet official and private sector experts said in recent interviews.

    • Farm insurance coverage at record 2.27 million in 2018 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel P. (BusinessWorld, May 27, 2019, on page S2/7)
      The insurance rate among farmers and fisherfolk has increased to 33.52% in 2018, hitting a record 2.27 million, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) said. In a statement, the company said the number of insured rose ...

    • Farm output fails to hit gov't target 

      VMPG (BusinessWorld, January 23, 2020, on page S1/1-S1/5)
      Philippine agriculture output grew less than a percent in 2019, failing to meet the government’s target as the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak dragged the livestock sector. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) ...

    • Farm output growth misses 2018 goal 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, January 24, 2019, on page S1/1-S1/3)
      Farm output rebounded in the fourth quarter to post a slight expansion but was not enough to push the full-year growth to reach the government’s target, according to data the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released ...

    • Farm output growth slowed to 1% in 2018 

      Macapagal, Jed (Malaya, January 11, 2019, on page A1)
      Ahead from the release of official figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the farming sector grew by 1 percent in 2018, due to the effects of 13 weather disturbances ...

    • Farm output target in doubt after flat 3 quarters 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, December 27, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) target of 2.5% growth in farm output this year is unlikely to be achieved, an economist said. According to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data, the agriculture sector grew 0.15% ...

    • Farm, fisher folk seen to benefit from mining 

      (Malaya, February 27, 2013, on page A7)
      The head of a farm and fishery group recently pointed out the benefits to farmers and fisherfolk from mining projects specially large one like Tampakan in SouthCotabato. Roy Moreni, chair of the Koronadal City Agri-Fishery ...

    • Farm-based research on abalone-growing launched 

      PN (Panay News, July 15, 2005, on page 10)
      The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC - AQD) has forged ties with the private sector to study the economics of abalone rearing in an actual farm situation. The two private ...

    • Farmed prawn can be a foreign exchange earner 

      Yap, Julio Jr (Panay News, June 14, 2017, on page 10)
      Locally farmed prawn could be a vital foreign exchange earner for the country. It is a variety of prawn of the eastern Pacific Ocean that is commonly caught or farmed for food. Despite the problems confronting the sector, ...

    • Farmer Director to push agri-fishery policy recommendations for WV 

      Toreno, Sheila Mae (DailyGuardian, May 6, 2023, on page 2-11)
      Regional Agriculture and Fishery Council (RAFC) Chairperson Buen S. Mondejar assumed his role anew as the Farmer Director for Western Visayas and reaffirmed his objectives to leverage stakeholders, particularly the provincial ...

    • Farmer held for selling P30-M 'taklobo' in Cebu 

      Cordova, Calvin (Tempo, October 16, 2022, on page 1-2)
      Authorities arrested a 46-year-old farmer for selling endangered giant clams locally known as “taklobo” worth P30 million in Barangay Bongoyan, Borbon, Cebu last Wednesday. The suspect was identified as Anecito Pogado of ...

    • Farmers and Fisherfolks Day 

      (Panay News, December 18, 2018, on page 9)
      Senator Loren Legarda failed to show up in yesterday's celebration of the "2nd Annual Farmers and Fisherfolks Day" in San Jose Antique. Pero she delivered a message to the province's fisherfolks in Filipino, read by Gov. ...

    • Farmers avail of P53-M loan from DA special credit program 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, March 16, 2019, on page 6-14)
      Hundreds of farmers and fisherfolk in Negros Occidental have benefited from about PHP53 million in loans from the Production Loan Easy Access (PLEA) program of the Department of Agriculture -Agricultural Credit Policy ...

    • Farmers hit by drought seek cash aid 

      Pilapil, Jaime R. (The Manila Times, April 12, 2019, on page A8)
      Farmers and fishermen hit hard by El Niño are seeking cash assistance from the government. Their leaders Emmanuel Rosario, Roberto Aleroza and Ireneo Cerilla narrated their sad plight in a news conference on Thursday in ...