LINGAYEN, Pangasinan—The agriculture town of Pozorrubio has taken steps toward promoting and developing organic farming, starting with the passage of an ordinance that mandates the local government to provide funds for the venture. The Pozorrubio town council has submitted the ordinance, titled “An ordinance institutionalizing, promoting and developing organic farming in Pozorrubio,” to the [...]
A fire razed the Department of Agriculture (DA) region 10 field office in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Thursday afternoon.
Three major government departments, a top university, a leading broadcaster and an environmental watchdog have committed themselves to the cause of the environment and the socioeconomic uplift of Filipino communities through ecotourism and agriculture.
Brace for higher meat prices, thanks to the limits on meat importation imposed by the Department of Agriculture (DA), an industry group has warned.
President Benigno Aquino III reiterated his previous announcement of rice self-sufficiency in the Philippines by yearend when he went on a second campaign sortie for the local candidates of the Liberal Party in the Quezon province on Monday.
The Sandiganbayan has dismissed malversation charges against eight regional executive directors of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for their alleged involvement in the P728-million fertilizer fund scam of 2004.
The operation of the ZNAC Rubber Estate Corp. (ZREC) remains a big puzzle to the regional director of the Department of Agriculture in Western Mindanao.
An official assistant of the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday lashed out at other agencies, including the National Economic Development Authority (Neda), for their proposals that purportedly undermine the government’s rice self-sufficiency program.
Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala slammed the proposed distribution of the nearly P70-billion coconut levy fund to individual farmers, saying it would only generate floods of court cases against the government.
Hundreds of protesting farmers stormed the offices of the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) in Quezon City on Thursday, clashing with riot policemen who tried to stop them with fire extinguishers.
What better way to teach the importance of trees and love for the environment than by exposing the young to nature in their own school’s backyard?
Hogs and poultry raisers on Saturday welcomed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) move to put restrictions on imported meat products for American troops’ use in the Philippines.
Ahead of the shopping rush for round fruits traditionally served in New Year feasts, the Department of Agriculture urged consumers to buy locally available fruits to support farmers and the country’s food sufficiency program.
