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DA vows to impose stricter biosecurity, quarantine rules
Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla has vowed to protect the country from invasive pests and diseases carried by cheap imported food items, vegetables and plants that have been flooding the domestic market. Under the ...
- March 25, 2010
Save the ocean, feed the world
The Philippines is the " center of the center" of marine biodiversity in the world, according to renowned marine scientist led by Dr. Kent Carpenter. Indeed, as a sea nation, our country harbours a wealth of marine resources ...
- January 21, 2020
Your fish is your future
Lying within the global center of marine biodiversity, the Philippines is one of the world’s top fish producing countries, and millions of Filipinos derive their livelihood from fishing. However, these rich and precious ...
- June 5, 2019
₱25-M program launched
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 ...
- March 18, 2011
'Fish Right'
The Negros Oriental and Metro Bacolod chambers of commerce and industry (NOCCI/ MBCCI) have joined forces to rally behind the “Fish Right” (FR) project to improve and address the critical decline of fish supply in the ...
- March 10, 2019
On stout-hearted men (and women)
Before DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, there was Gina Lopez – the ex-future environment secretary of PDu30. She didn’t clear the Advise & Consent of Congress because of the strong lobby of miners’ vested interests. But, as the ...
- March 12, 2018
Fishing areas
An international fishery body overseeing the tuna fishing areas within the Pacific Ocean is planning to adopt stricter regulatory measures in a bid to resolve the continuing depletion of tuna stocks in the area. Glenn ...
- September 12, 2012
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
Aquaculture to boost food security
Aquaculture is expected to boost the food security agenda not only for the Philippines but other countries as well. Thus declared Wilfredo G. Yap, an aquaculture (fishfarming) expert, at the Regional Technical Consultation ...
- January 14, 2001
Fisheries research thrust bared
Representatives from government agencies, the academe and the private sector met at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center's Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) in Tigbauan, Iloilo, recently to review the progress ...
- May 21, 1993