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Gov't confident on 4% to 5% farm growth
The Philippines expects to meet farm growth target for this year on the back of strong production from corn, rice and fisheries subsectors, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the DA chief also ...
- October 5, 2012
BAR, Worldfish Center Boost Aquaculture
The Bureau of Agriculture Research (BAR) and the WorldFish center are collaborating on a project to enhance the capacity of stakeholders to commercialize aquaculture technology. BAR and the Los Baños-based WorldFish Center ...
- February 22, 2012
DA launches large agriculture projects in Palawan
As part of the government's food self-sufficiency initiative, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has earmarked some P594 million for irrigation projects, farm machinery and fisheries inputs in Palawan. The projects include ...
- January 23, 2012
Northern Samar farmers, fishermen get insurance
Officials of the Northern Samar provincial government and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp (PCIC) have signed an agreement providing insurance to 5,000 farmers and fishermen. Northern Samar Governor Raul R. Daza said the ...
- October 8, 2012
Agriculture grows 2.34% in 2011
The slump in fisheries has affected the performance of agriculture for 2011, with the overall growth inching to 2.34 percent. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said crops took the lead, growing by 4.82 percent on the ...
- January 28, 2012
DA maintains agri growth target
Agriculture Secretary Alcala believes the agriculture sector would be able to meets its growth target of four to five percent for 2012 because of strong tice and corn production and the expected recovery of the fisheries ...
- October 5, 2012
DA allots P594 M for irrigation, agri projects in Palawan
The Department of Agriculture is allocating P594-million worth of irrigation projects, farm machinery, and inputs, and fishery initiatives in Palawan, to help make the province sufficient in rice, major staples, fishery ...
- January 23, 2012
10,000 dynamite fishing cases recorded everyday
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 ...
- October 17, 2012
Aklan's agriculture, fishery workers up for registration
Farmers, farm laborers, and fishermen in Aklan's 327 barangays are going to be registered in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) of the National Statistics Office (NSO). The RSBSA, NSO said, is a ...
- October 1, 2012