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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
Mariculture is the answer
The development of mariculture parks promises to be the answer to the continuing depletion of fish catch in our marine waters that threatens the livelihood of fisherfolks in our coastal communities. That is why the Bureau ...
- September 9, 2010
Agriculture cited for protecting Visayan seas
The Banate Bay Resource Management Council, Inc. (BBRMCI), overseer of Panay Island's largest fishing ground called Banate Bay, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have cited the Department of Agriculture ...
- January 18, 2010
ADB asked to invest in small farms, fishers
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 ...
- July 8, 2010
B.F.A.R. probes mass fish losses
The Cordillera office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is conducting an investigation on the cause of fish kill incidents in several towns in this province that resulted in over P10 million worth of ...
- July 13, 2010
Payao increases fishers' catch, income
Fishermen from the town of Claveria in the province of Cagayan have found a way to increase their catch and at the same time lessen fishing expenses. For the past couple of months, the fishers were able to have a total ...
- September 25, 2010
Saline tilapia
Little girl Chloe Mercado shows a big saline tilapia which can be cultured in marine fishcages such as those in mariculture parks. It can also be raised in brackish fishponds that were previously used for raising tiger ...
- September 18, 2010
Earn extra cash through fish processing
Marine fish are usually plentiful during summer, so it's best for fisherfolk to take advantage of his seasonal rise in marine production to earn extra cash. One good business is fish processing. There are, for instance, ...
- April 22, 2010
DA acts to ease El Niño effects
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is about to complete the implementation of mitigation measures to address the effects of El Niño event on this year’s dry cropping season and to keep up with the coming wet cropping season. ...
- May 16, 2010
Loren seeks probe of Batangas oil spill
Senator Loren Legarda yesterday sought an in-depth investigation on the oil spill in Calatagan, Batangas. Legarda filed the resolution after an oil spill in Barangay Talibayog, Calatagan, Batangas was discovered by Rodrigo ...
- July 9, 2010