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    • Farm insurance coverage at record 2.27 million in 2018 

      Galang, Vincent Mariel P. (BusinessWorld, May 27, 2019, on page S2/7)
      The insurance rate among farmers and fisherfolk has increased to 33.52% in 2018, hitting a record 2.27 million, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) said. In a statement, the company said the number of insured rose ...
    • 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 ...
    • Senate panel grills BFAR over missed targets on illegal fishing, incomplete data 

      Mogato, Anna Gabriela (BusinessWorld, March 20, 2018, on page S1/4)
      The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) failed by a wide margin to meet its P1-billion annual target for fines collected in connection with illegal fishing activities, a Senate panel ...