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    • 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 ...

    • 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 learn to improve quality of dried seaweeds 

      Mabaquiao, Pia (Panay News, September 10, 2012, on page 6)
      Seaweed farmers in the island town of Caluya were recently trained on improving the quality and productivity of dried seaweeds. "We hope to upgrade the quality of dried seaweeds produced by local farmers in Caluya so they ...

    • Farmers urged to grow giant gourami 

      (Manila Bulletin, April 16, 2011, on page B-6)
      Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala urged fish farmers to venture into growing giant gourami (Ospronemus gouramy) as an alternative to bangus, tilapia, and catfish in inland water bodies such as fishponds, lakes, and even ...

    • Farmers'/Fishers' Month calls for collective efforts for healthy soils 

      Department of Agriculture (DA) (Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2015, on page 4)
      This month, the Department of Agriculture celebrates the contribution of the agri-fishery laborers to growth ofPhilippine agriculture and present economic status of the country. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala will ...

    • Farmers, aquaculturists engage in soft-shell crab production 

      Department of Science and Technology (DOST); PN (Panay News, September 19, 2015, on page 5)
      Soft-shell crab farming is a profitable business providing employment and dollar income, hence the increasing interest of farmers and aquaculturists to engage in the farming activity. In Asia, commercial soft-shell crab ...

    • 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 ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk also COVID-19 front-liners 

      Ordoñez, Ernesto M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 28, 2020, on page A11)
      While our health wor­kers are our recognized front-liners in addres­sing COVID-19, farmers and fisherfolk are also front-liners. This is because they produce the food we need to survive. With healthy food, our immune systems ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk earned P6B selling directly to LGUs-D.A. 

      Arcalas, Jasper Emmanuel Y. (BusinessMirror, September 1, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Filipino farmers and fisherfolk have earned at least P6 billion by selling their produce to local government units (LGUs) that directly procured their constituents’ food requirements during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns. ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk get huge boost 

      Reyes, Jonas (Daily Tribune, May 20, 2022, on page B15)
      The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office 3 (DA-RFO3) recently distributed hybrid rice seeds and fertilizers to farmers of Central Luzon in celebration of the Month of Farmers and Fisherfolk this May. Regional ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk get ₱1.9B in assistance from gov't 

      Ocampo, Karl R. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 20, 2020, on page B1)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) has distributed P1.9 billion worth of inputs and assistance to farmers and fisherfolk whose livelihoods were affected by typhoons, the Taal Volcano eruption and the African swine fever ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk now included in 4Ps 

      Katigbak, Tony; Porcalla, Delon (The Philippine Star, May 27, 2019, on page 4)
      Farmers and fisherfolk are now covered by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), although the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) still has to make sure its implementing rules and regulations (IRR) ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk oppose EO 171 extension 

      (SunStar Philippines, December 1, 2022, on page 10)
      Fifteen farmers and fisherfolk organizations released a joint statement Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, expressing their opposition to the extension of Executive Order (EO) 171, saying the reduced import tariff did not benefit ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk to get P316-M projects 

      (Panay News, March 2, 2016, on page 4)
      Farmers and fisherfolk in Aklan, Antique, Guimaras, and Iloilo will receive today P315.7 million worth of projects from the Department of Agriculture (DA). DA secretary Proceso Alcala will lead the turnover of farm-to-market ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolk to get subsidies for SSS contributions 

      (The Philippine Star, April 21, 2014, on page A-29)
      Farmers' monthly contributions to the Social Security System (SSS) as self-employed members will be fully subsidized by the Department of Agriculture (DA). Apart from farmers, fisherfolk will also be added to the list of ...

    • Farmers, fisherfolks day 

      Lopez, Alexander D. (Manila Bulletin, September 24, 2015, on page 9)
      The provincial government of Davao Oriental cited the efforts of farmers and fisherfolks in strengthening food security and socio-economic development in the province during the annual celebration of Farmers and Fisherfolks ...