Browsing by Subject "agriculture"

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    • 10,000 dynamite fishing cases recorded everyday 

      (The Manila Times, October 17, 2012, on page A3)
      Lawmakers on Tuesday have expressed their concern over the high number of illegal dynamite fishing cases in the country and has called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the local government units to help the ...

    • 100 farmers, fisherfolk attend 1st regionwide agri-fishery confab 

      Tianero, Resel Joy (Panay News, May 16, 2017, on page B10)
      Around 100 farmers, fisher folk, municipal agriculturists, farmer associations, and local government units participated in the first regionwide agri- fishery consultative assembly in Region 6 on Thursday in the province ...

    • 2 Ilonggos succeed on bangus, biscocho 

      Go Negosyo (The Philippine Star, September 7, 2008, on page 1-5)
      Tomas Hautea began exercising his entrepreneurial skills when he was still a student. At 18, Tomas also ventured into agriculture and leased fishponds, eventually purchasing the now family-owned fishpond in Dumangas, Iloilo ...

    • 2.7K Ilocos Norte farmers, fishers insured for free 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Manila Times, July 22, 2019, on page A12)
      A total of 2,740 farmers and fisherfolk in Ilocos Norte will get free crop and life insurance coverages, courtesy of the provincial government and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC). Since July 11, provincial ...

    • 2018 int'l gab on coastal mgt in Guimaras 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Iloilo; PN (Panay News, December 27, 2017, on page 3)
      Gov. Samuel Gumarin accepted the PNLG flag recently at Sanya Visun Yacht Hotel in Hainan province, China as a symbol of acceptance for the hosting of the 2018 PNLG. Guimaras has an integrated coastal management program for ...

    • ₱25-M program launched 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, March 18, 2011, on page 4)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) is launching the P25-million Biotechnology Research Fellowship Program (BRFP) to develop better crops, improve livestock and generate higher fisheries output. BRFP will complement the ...

    • 2nd agri-aqua forum eyes global investments 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, September 1, 2018, on page 7)
      The 2nd Agri-Aqua Investment Forum in Iloilo Province eyes to score global investments for local products. The forum themed as “Accelerating Agricultural Investments for Global Market” is organized by the Panay Organic ...

    • 3 published outstanding R&D receive Dr. Elvira O. Tan Awards 

      Aya, Rose Anne M. (BusinessMirror, January 10, 2021, on page A5)
      Three published research and development papers in agriculture, aquatic sciences, and natural resources and environment were conferred with the Dr. Elvira O. Tan Awards. The awards were given during the recent virtual S&T ...

    • ₱5.8-B farm, fishery products sold through DA’s ‘Kadiwa’ 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, June 7, 2020, on page 3)
      About P5.8 billion worth of farm and fishery products were sold through the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita marketing platforms, which had so far benefited around 1.3 million households nationwide. ...

    • $55M pledged for fisherfolk, poor farmers 

      (Malaya, December 7, 2015, on page A3)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported the International Fun for Agricultural Development (IFAD) of the United Nations pledges $ 55 million for two projects that will start next year that aim to help fisherfolk and ...

    • 6 fisherfolk missing in Camarines Norte 

      (SunStar Philippines, September 27, 2022, on page 3)
      Six fishermen were reported missing in Camarines Norte after Super Typhoon Karding (Noru) battered the province and other areas in Luzon, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Monday, ...

    • 80 ‘Aetas’ to benefit if island placed under land reform 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, June 3, 2018, on page 12)
      Eighty Aetas in Boracay could qualify as beneficiaries should President Rodrigo Duterte pushes through his plan to put the island resort under the land reform program, said the Malacañang. “Following the President’s ...

    • ADB asked to invest in small farms, fishers 

      Wakefield, Francis T. (Manila Bulletin, July 8, 2010, on page 4)
      Some 60 representatives of different organizations of small farmers, fishers, indigenous people's, rural youth and women and rural development organization from 13 countries in Asia and the Pacific converged in Manila to ...

    • Additional DA funding sought 

      Oliquino, Edjen (Daily Tribune, October 5, 2022, on page A3)
      A neophyte lawmaker has appealed to the House of Representatives to allocate an additional P521 million for the Department of Agriculture aside from the its P163.75 billion proposed budget for next year. A known advocate ...

    • 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 chief assures Metro food supplies ‘more than enough' 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee; Valente, Catherine S. (The Manila Times, March 14, 2020, on page A1-A8)
      The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday assured the public that the community quarantine had not affected food supplies for Metro Manila. “We have determined that there is enough supply of all basic goods that can be ...

    • Agri chief pushes for creation of national food security council 

      (Panay News, September 18, 2016, on page B9)
      Agriculture secretary Manny Piñol is proposing to President Rodrigo Duterte the creation of a National Food Security Coordinating Council where all government agencies involved in food production would work closely together. ...

    • Agri damage due to typhoons hit P1.6 B 

      Simeon, Loiuse Maureen; Laude, Jaime; Lazaro, Ramon Efren; Catindig, Raymund (The Philippine Star, July 28, 2018, on page 12)
      Damage to fisheries, which affected 1,050 fisherfolk, a majority of them in the Cordilleras, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon and Calabarzon, was pegged at P147 million. The DA committed P180 million worth of assistance to ...

    • Agri damage from Lando reaches P8.45 billion 

      (BusinessWorld, October 27, 2015, on page S1/4)
      Damage to agricultural crops and fisheries in the five regions affected by typhoon Lando (international name: Koppu) has reached P8.45 billion, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday. Data released by the DA ...

    • Agri damage from Taal fury reaches P577M 

      Gomez, Eireene Jairee (The Manila Times, January 15, 2020, on page A2)
      Damages and losses to agriculture brought by the eruption of Taal Volcano have hit P577.59 million, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). The Agriculture department was expecting the fishing sector to be seriously ...