An attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has re-imposed a temporary ban on the importation of poultry and related products from Taiwan following an outbreak of avian influenza, commonly referred to as bird flu. The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) is implementing the reimposition of the ban.
TACLOBAN CITY—At least P15 million worth of palay were destroyed when Tropical Storm “Ofel” hit Eastern Visayas on October 24, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA). Reports from the DA office in Eastern Visayas showed that Ofel destroyed 6,640 metric tons of palay grown by farmers in Leyte, Samar and Biliran. Leyte suffered the [...]
It’s “pancit” from the sea—a sea vegetable in the form of a favorite staple.
A Quezon City court has refused to extend a 72-hour temporary environmental protection order (TEPO), which had momentarily stopped the re-export of 25 dolphins to Singapore.
For the Department of Agriculture, the solution to rising levels of hunger in the country lies in the hands of farmers’ cooperatives.
The proposed 2013 budget does not give priority funding for agrarian reform communities, including the Hacienda Luisita owned by President Benigno Aquino III’s family, according to the vice chair of the House committee on appropriations.
Thousands of vegetable growers and livestock raisers will soon reach their buyers without going through middlemen, thanks to the newly launched “Agri-Pinoy Trading Centers” of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Cloud-seeding operations over farming communities affected by dry spells in Bohol Province have been initiated by the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) as part of the Department of Agriculture’s efforts to mitigate the developing El Niño in the Pacific.
The Court of Appeals has affirmed an Office of the Ombudsman decision to dismiss for grave misconduct Assistant Secretary Ibarra Poliquit of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in connection with the alleged misuse of the P728-million fertilizer fund during the previous Arroyo administration.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday denied reports it was planning a mass layoff of personnel, assuring the public instead that it was looking at hiring more people for its projects.
The Department of Agriculture is asking the public to help it design the official brand name and logo for the different traditional varieties of Philippine rice, which the government plans to export starting next year, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said here on Monday.
Hog and poultry raisers in the country said they will hold Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala to his promise that government will not lift tariffs on imported meat products as a concession in its bid to extend policy that allows it to limit rice imports.
Two years after the previous administration was forced to import more than 2 million metric tons of rice to fill a shortage, President Aquino on Thursday declared the Philippines on the road to self-sufficiency in the staple and thus no longer needing to import the grain by next year.
