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P39-M loan for Aklan farmers, fishers
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol has approved a P39-million credit support under the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Production Loan Easy Access (PLEA) program to farmers and fisherfolk of Aklan. “Instead of ...
- April 17, 2018
Go into farming
The Department of Agriculture (DA) urged this year’s high school graduates to enroll in farming and fisheries-related courses. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said recent figures from the Philippine Statistics Authority ...
- April 14, 2015
Fisherfolk get ₱718M aid
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has set aside ₱718 million for the construction of 252 Community Fish Landing Centers (CFLCs) which will benefit around a third of the fisherfolk population in the ...
- February 10, 2015
Credit and extension unity needed for agriculture
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 ...
- June 14, 2018
Is tobacco the next 'miracle crop'?
Tobacco juice, tobacco dust juice and tobacco lime are not only for traditional organic insecticide used in domestic gardening but also for mainstream commercial agriculture. Tobacco has been proven effective against a ...
- May 6, 2018
Fishing in Phl more fun with GPS
Fishing is now more fun in this city, thanks to the fish finder gadgets with global positioning system (GPS) turned over by Interior Secretay Manuel Roxas II to groups of fishermen here Friday. Roxas said the fishing device ...
- April 12, 2015
A collaborative province-led agriculture and fisheries extension model
Unfortunately, the rural extension was weakened by the well-intentioned Local Government Code of 1991 which devolved agricultural extension to the local government units (LGUs). True, devolution allowed for more democratic ...
- March 11, 2018
US-BFAR partner to improve fish production in the Visayas
The United States government and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have jointly launched “Fish Right,” a P1.3 billion five-year sustainable fisheries project aimed to increase fish biomass and strengthen ...
- November 21, 2018
More farmers, fisherfolks now have insurance coverage
Over three million farmers and fisherfolks are now enrolled in government insurance programs, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) said. Data from the PCIC show that around 3.09 million were enrolled in its insurance ...
- March 4, 2021
DA launching farmer, fisherman database program
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is launching the National Farmers and Fishermen Database (NFFD) this quarter to better identify beneficiaries of its credit programs, its top official said yesterday. In a Facebook post, ...
- January 15, 2019