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DA pushes to digitize agri-fishery sector
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is upgrading its data management as part of its efforts to digitize the country’s agriculture sector, its chief said on Monday. To do this, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a ...
- June 4, 2020
Fish output to grow 2% in Q1 2019 – BFAR
The country’s fish production will likely expand by more than 2 percent in the first quarter of 2019, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. In an interview with The Manila Times, BFAR Director Eduardo ...
- January 29, 2019
Oceana calls for sustainable fisheries devt
Environmental group Oceana is calling for the full implementation of the laws in sustainably managing the country's fisheries and marine resources, with high hopes small-scale fishers will get the abundant catch they ...
- January 3, 2022
DA pushes dredging of rivers, tree farming
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has announced that it would focus more on tree farming nationwide this year as well as dredging of the country’s major rivers to address landslides, flooding and soil erosion, which were ...
- January 10, 2019
BFAR urged to fast track fishing vessel trackers
The government needs to install tracking devices in commercial fishing vessels, that has been delayed for four years now. The League of Municipalities of the Philippines in Romblon (LMP-Romblon), Pangisda Natin Gawin Tama ...
- May 21, 2020
Agri workers can now tap revived P1.28-B fund
Farmers and fishermen can now avail themselves of loans from the revived P1.28-billion Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) to boost production, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. According to Agriculture ...
- May 29, 2018
DA urged to consult agriculture stakeholders
Agriculture stakeholders across the country are urging Agriculture Secretary William Dar to hold consultations with them, saying the failure to do led to the failure of the implementation of the two-decade-old Agriculture ...
- November 12, 2020
Rehab of Boracay on track
The total rehabilitation of Boracay is on track to be completed in May 2020, The Boracay Inter- Agency Task Force (BIATF) said on Thursday. In statement, Natividad Bernardino, general manager of the BIA Rehabilitation ...
- November 29, 2019
Cordillera farmers get P700-M agri aid
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has provided P700.44 million- worth of project assistance to 42 farmers' associations and cooperatives in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) as part of its effort to increase ...
- September 24, 2019
Naic eyed for relocation of Manila Bay squatters
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Naic town in Cavite could be a potential site for the relocation of informal settler families living near Manila Bay in Parañaque City. Benny Antiporda, DENR ...
- January 22, 2019