Browsing BusinessWorld by Subject "economics"

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    • Farm output fails to hit gov't target 

      VMPG (BusinessWorld, January 23, 2020, on page S1/1-S1/5)
      Philippine agriculture output grew less than a percent in 2019, failing to meet the government’s target as the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak dragged the livestock sector. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) ...

    • Farm output growth misses 2018 goal 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, January 24, 2019, on page S1/1-S1/3)
      Farm output rebounded in the fourth quarter to post a slight expansion but was not enough to push the full-year growth to reach the government’s target, according to data the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released ...

    • Farm output target in doubt after flat 3 quarters 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, December 27, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) target of 2.5% growth in farm output this year is unlikely to be achieved, an economist said. According to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data, the agriculture sector grew 0.15% ...

    • Fight climate change — it's good for your health 

      Garcia, Patricia; van den Hazel, Peter (BusinessWorld, June 1, 2015, on page S1/6)
      Governments often see climate change as too costly to address. In fact, it is too costly to ignore. That is why the World Health Organization (WHO), for example, has linked the prevention of disastrous climate change to ...

    • Fish sauce makes Vietnam billionaire’s fortune 

      Bloomberg (BusinessWorld, January 25, 2018, on page S1/9)
      For Vietnamese consumer tycoon Nguyen Dang Quang, placing his fish sauce and other "must-have" condiments in the kitchen shelves of just about every home in the country has helped make him a billionaire. Shares of Masan ...

    • Fisheries bureau partly lifts ban on collecting seaweed 

      Ignacio, Reicelene Joy N. (BusinessWorld, October 8, 2018, on page S2/6)
      Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 250-2 will allow individual fishermen to collect, sell, trade, and transport Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, subject to seasonal restrictions and permit requirements. The newly-published ...

    • Fisheries department pushed 

      Sarmiento, Romer S. (BusinessWorld, September 30, 2010, on page S1/6)
      Tuna industry leaders in the South Cotabato-Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani-General Santos City (Socsksargen) region have urged the current 15th Congress to craft a law elevating to department status the Bureau of Fisheries ...

    • Fisheries experts meet in Geneva on marine SDG 

      (BusinessWorld, October 1, 2015, on page S1/8)
      Leading experts in sustainable fisheries met in Geneva on Sept. 29, the first meeting at this level since the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) last Friday, the UN Conference on Trade and ...

    • Fisheries industry expected to grow 5% 

      Morales, Neil Jerome C. (BusinessWorld, January 20, 2010, on page S1/6)
      The fisheries sector is seen to grow by at least 5% this year amid increased presence of pelagic fish on the eastern side of the country as a result of El Niño. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is ...

    • Fisheries output declines in Q3; aquaculture rises 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela A. (BusinessWorld, November 24, 2017, on page S1/2)
      The fisheries sector’s output by volume declined 3.89% in the third quarter, led by the commercial and municipal fisheries, due to unfavorable weather in the southern Philippines. In a special report released by the ...

    • Fisheries output down 0.8% in first quarter, PSA says 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, May 28, 2021, on page S1/4)
      Fisheries production fell 0.8% year on year to 978,618 metric tons (MT) in the first quarter after reduced output from commercial and municipal fisheries, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The PSA said in its ...

    • Fisheries sector recovery to depend on adapting to new markets — think tank 

      Ochave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld, July 16, 2020, on page S1/6)
      The fisheries sector should be alert to changing consumer preferences and pursue more value-adding activities to work around the potential weak links exposed by the pandemic, such as the breakdown in logistics arrangements ...

    • Fishing and the future of the West Philippine Sea 

      (BusinessWorld, April 19, 2017, on page S1/8)
      In a Special Study for the Stratbase ADR Institute (ADRi), marine geneticist Dr. Ma. Carmen Lagman explains that the Philippines should capitalize on the environmental and economic value of the West Philippine Sea, as well ...

    • Gov't launches new program for fishermen 

      (BusinessWorld, April 9, 1990, on page 13)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) recently urged for the institution of effective measures to arrest the closing gap between fish demand and supply. In a statement, the aquatic research center said ...

    • Group says fishermen have lost 70% of income due to Chinese presence in Scarborough Shoal 

      Ochave, Revin Mickhael D. (BusinessWorld, May 28, 2021, on page S1/10)
      The income of Filipino fishermen operating in coastal areas near the West Philippine Sea have dropped by around 70% per trip since last year due to Chinese presence in the Scarborough Shoal, a militant fishers’ group said ...

    • Group: act on oil spill 

      (BusinessWorld, January 7, 2015, on page S1/11)
      Civil Society group Citizen Watch has called on authorities to act decisively on the reported coil spill off the coast of Antique after a coil barge from Semirara to Cebu ran aground at the height of typhoon Seniang some ...

    • Half of Agri department's fish landing, cold storage projects due after 2016 

      Conserva, Louine Hope (BusinessWorld, October 16, 2015, on page S1/2)
      More small fish landing centers and cold storage facilities are being planned by the Department of Agriculture (DA) after the 252 lined up this year until 2016. Asis G. Perez, director of the DA’s Bureau of Fisheries and ...

    • Higher tuna catch expected in Q4 

      (BusinessWorld, October 16, 2012, on page S1/6)
      The Philippines should see a higher tuna catch starting next month after the country deployed 36 high-seas fishing vessels to the Pacific, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) official said. BFAR Director ...

    • Large-scale smuggling of agricultural products is anti-poor 

      (BusinessWorld, April 6, 2016, on page 8/S1)
      The level of smuggling in the Phillippines has reached horrendous heights. Large-scale smuggling of agricultural products retards farm output production, limits manufacturing, and increase income inequality. " Smuggling ...

    • Manila, Beijing work out how to tap oil, gas in South China Sea areas they both claim 

      Balinbin, Arjay (BusinessWorld, February 15, 2018, on page S1/1-S1/3)
      The Philippines and China have agreed to set up a special panel to work out how they can jointly explore oil and gas in part of the South China Sea that both sides lay claim without having to address the explosive issue ...