Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "agriculture"

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    • Agri developing plan to export eel 

      Estrada, Anna Leah (Manila Standard, January 20, 2015, on page B4)
      The Agriculture Department said on Monday it will help local growers make the country's eel industry competitive and tap the export market. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said he recently met with domestic players ...

    • Agri losses from storms reach P1.55b 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, July 28, 2018, on page A2)
      The Philippine agriculture sector sustained lost of P1.55 billion in crops and damaged farm infrastructures following the onslaught of three storms in a span of two weeks. Losses in fisheries totaled P146.58 million in ...

    • Agriculture dips 1.7% on reduced livestock output 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, January 27, 2022, on page B4)
      Agriculture and fisheries production dropped 1.7 percent in 2021 from the previous year, as the sector contended with livestock diseases and the devastation left by Typhoon Odette, data from the Philippine Statistics ...

    • Agriculture eyes seaweed roadmap 

      Gonzales, Anna Leah E. (Manila Standard, April 6, 2017, on page B3)
      The Department of Agriculture said it is seeking to release a roadmap for seaweed production covering the year 2017-2022 to help farmers establish a sustainable and competitive industry. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol ...

    • Agriculture production down 2.62% in 9 months 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, September 25, 2010, on page A1)
      Agricultural production fell 2.62 percent in the first three quarters of the year, pulled down by El Niño weather phenomenon and destructive storms in the third quarter, the Agriculture Department said Monday. Farm output ...

    • Agriculture production grew just 0.56% in 2018 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, January 24, 2019, on page B1)
      Agriculture and fishery production, which accounts for less than a fifth of the gross domestic product, grew by 0.56 percent in 2018, slower than the 4-percent expansion in 2017, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority ...

    • Agriculture production rose by 3.95% in 2017 

      dela Cruz, Roderick (Manila Standard, January 20, 2018, on page B1)
      Agriculture production rose 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter, bringing the full-year growth to 3.95 percent on record rice production, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show. The 2017 growth of 3.95 percent ...

    • Agriculture recovers slightly 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, January 22, 2015, on page B1)
      Agriculture production expanded 1.83 percent in 2014, slightly faster than the 1.12 percent growth in 2013, with crop output recovering from typhoons, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show. Crops, livestock ...

    • Agriculture sector barely expanded in second quarter 

      Rada, Julito G. (Manila Standard, August 9, 2018, on page B2)
      The agriculture sector barely grew 0.07 percent in the second quarter, as the strong poultry and livestock production offset the lower rice and corn harvests, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority show. “Improvements ...

    • Agriculture sector grew 1.2% in 2013 

      Estrada, Anna Leah G. (Manila Standard, January 23, 2014, on page B3)
      Agriculture and fishery production grew 1.15 percent year-on-year in 2013, slower than the 2.9-percent expansion in 2012, as the country suffered from several natural calamities that damaged billions of peso worth of crops ...

    • Ashfall destroys P578m in coffee, other cash crops, livestocks and infra 

      Campos, Othel V.; Araja, Rio N.; Zurbano, Joel E.; Casas, Willie (Manila Standard, January 15, 2020, on page A1)
      The damage from Taal Volcano’s eruption has reached P577.59 million in crops and livestock, with coffee growers hardest hit at P74 million in damages, the Department of Agriculture estimated Tuesday. The Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Australian agency boosts PH agri-fisheries research 

      (Manila Standard, February 26, 2017, on page D2)
      The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research or ACIAR recently held its Country Partnership discussions in Makati City aimed at mapping out the development of a 10-year strategy for the country’s agriculture ...

    • Congress OKs bills on marine hatcheries in PH 

      Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, July 4, 2022, on page A3)
      Congress passed into law 11 local bills for the establishment of multi-species marine hatcheries in various locations nationwide. The bills were sponsored by Senator Cynthia Villar during the 18th Congress. Villar, the ...

    • DA chief seeks amendment of Fisheries Authority charter 

      Campos, Othel (Manila Standard, November 29, 2023, on page A4)
      Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. called for the amendment of the charter of the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) to expand its function to include developing and managing marine and agro-industrial ...

    • DA expects 2.5% growth in farm, fishery sector in 2021 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, December 31, 2020, on page B4)
      The Department of Agriculture expects a modest growth of 2.5 percent in agriculture next year, faster than the 1-percent increase this year amid the pandemic. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a year-end report ...

    • Damage to agri, infra reach P25b 

      Campos, Othel V.; Flores, Alena Mae S. (Manila Standard, January 7, 2022, on page A3)
      An update from the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed massive destruction to crops, fisheries and agricultural infrastructures in the regions of Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern ...

    • Dar expects agriculture to post modest growth of 2% 

      Campos, Othel V. (Manila Standard, February 1, 2020, on page B1)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar expects the agriculture sector to post a modest growth of 2 percent in 2020. “We are confident that we can attain a two-percent growth this year, that in turn will help fuel a higher ...

    • Dar sees agriculture growth of 3% to 5% 

      Campos, Othel V. (BusinessWorld, September 25, 2019, on page B1)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar plans to expand agriculture by as much as 3 percent to 5 percent before his three-year term ends. Dar also enjoined all local government units and provincial governments to support the ...

    • Dar: shortage of fish, pork, rice still persists 

      Cruz, Maricel (Manila Standard, June 1, 2022, on page A1)
      Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Tuesday said there is still a shortage in the local production of fish, pork, and rice due in part to years of neglect of agriculture. In an interview on GMA-7, Dar said there was still ...

    • Duterte earmarks P2b for Boracay under state of calamity, junks casino 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, April 10, 2018, on page A1)
      President Rodrigo Duterte said he would place Boracay Island under a state of calamity to release P2 billion in calamity funds for workers and residents hurt by the six-month closure, adding he would not also allow any ...