Rappler's latest stories on department of agriculture
DA, BCDA eye PH's first agri-industrial business corridor in New Clark City
The 30-hectare project is targeted to begin construction in 2021
Typhoon Ambo causes P1.37 billion in damage to agriculture
The Department of Agriculture says Typhoon Ambo (Vongfong) affected 70,533 farmers and fisherfolk in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, and Eastern Visayas
LOOK: James Reid is new DA ambassador for Food Security
'Tara na, plant, plant, plant,' says the actor-slash-food security ambassador
Going into agriculture? DA has P2.5B in loans for MSMEs, returning OFWs
The Department of Agriculture says the loans are zero interest, with technical assistance from the government
Grab teams up with Department of Agriculture for its online delivery service
The eKadiwa project will provide access to local produce from the Department of Agriculture's partner agripreneurs. GrabExpress will handle deliveries through its service.
DA allocates P230 million to use ancestral lands for food production
The Department of Agriculture supports a project to develop some 20,000 hectares of idle ancestral lands for white corn production
Virus sinks Philippine agriculture by 1.2% in Q1 2020
Agriculture stakeholders ask the government to deploy fiscal stimulus to save the sector, as the pandemic cripples supply chains in the country
Rice, pork, other goods now under coronavirus price freeze
The Department of Agriculture expands the list of goods under the price freeze 'to ensure availability of basic commodities at reasonable prices'
600,000 farmers to receive P5,000 pandemic relief
'Our rice farmers will receive it as a direct cash transfer that they can use to buy either farm inputs, food for their families, or anything they need,' says Agriculture Secretary William Dar
[OPINION] Who will produce our food during the coronavirus crisis?
'It's about time that people residing in urban areas engage in urban agriculture while they practice home quarantine'
PH to import 300,000 metric tons of rice for 'contingency' during coronavirus outbreak
The Inter-Agency Task Force is seeking the approval of President Duterte to go through government-to-government arrangements
Bird flu outbreak hits Nueva Ecija town
The H5N6 strain can be transmitted to humans, but Agriculture Secretary William Dar says transmission is very rare
Consider backyard, rooftop planting during lockdown – DA
Agriculture Secretary William Dar assures Metro Manila residents there is enough supply of food, as the capital prepares for the lockdown on March 15
Ex-DA officials get at least 6 years for contract 40 centavos over budget
'The difference may be minuscule, but there is no question that P2,591,435.40 is greater than P2,591,435.00,' rules the anti-graft Sandiganbayan
DA shuts popular hog auction site in Davao del Sur due to African swine fever
The Department of Agriculture in Davao Region says it will assist vendors affected by the closure of the lucrative pig auction in Sulop town
Sandiganbayan acquits ex-Quezon City lawmaker in fertilizer scam
Aside from former Quezon City 4th District representative Nanette Daza, the anti-graft court also acquits 10 Department of Agriculture officials and a private defendant
African swine fever spreads to Malita in Davao Occidental
A composite team of veterinarians reports incidences of African swine fever in the barangays of Malita – Bito, Kidalapong, Tubalan, Felis, Mana, Talogoy, and New Argao
Philippine agriculture again misses growth target in 2019
Philippine agricultural growth settles below 1% in 2019, as typhoons hit critical areas and African swine fever spread in Luzon
How about breadfruit for rice?
The agriculture department's Bureau of Agricultural Research aims to conserve Bicol's breadfruit, one of the region's emerging traditional crops
Agricultural damage by Taal Volcano eruption climbs to P3.06 billion
The fisheries sector is now considered the most affected, with estimated losses amounting to P1.6 billion
Agricultural damage from Taal Volcano eruption hits P577 million
The damaged commodities include rice, corn, coffee, cacao, banana, and high-value crops
Gov't readies cash loan for farmers affected by Taal Volcano eruption
The Department of Agriculture says affected farmers and fisherfolk may get a loan of P25,000 with zero interest, payable in 3 years
Agriculture Secretary Dar urges Aklan to intensify biosecurity vs ASF
Agriculture Secretary William Dar says authorities must raise biosecurity measures in Kalibo and Caticlan airports to contain and prevent the entry of African swine fever in the province
Agricultural losses from Typhoon Ursula hit P782 million
This is an increase from the initial figure of P695.85 million, due to an updated report from Western Visayas and Eastern Visayas
Fictional Wakanda mistakenly listed as U.S. free-trade partner
Wakanda forever? The US Department of Agriculture says it had listed Black Panther's country as a free-trade partner during testing and mistakenly let the listing go live on the internet
CA confirms William Dar as agriculture secretary
'It could not have come at the most opportune time. The department in this junction of time needs a leader like him,' says Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate committee on agriculture
Still with no ASF zoning plan, DA wants pork bans lifted
'Our eagerness to protect, the intention is good. [But] the process should not actually violate...the privileges of others,' says Agriculture Undersecretary Ariel Cayanan
Stricter requirements, but no rice import ban – agriculture chief
(UPDATED) Agriculture Secretary William Dar says the Philippine government will make it more difficult for rice imports to enter the country to help local farmers, but will not totally ban importation
Pork from China caused African swine fever outbreak in Philippines
Agriculture Secretary William Dar says smuggled Chinese pork products that were fed to pigs caused the African swine fever outbreak in the Philippines
DA confirms Mekeni longganisa, hotdog tested positive for African swine fever
(UPDATED) The Department of Agriculture is still checking where Mekeni sourced its pork that tested positive for African swine fever
QC veterinarian refutes DA claim that the city is ASF-free
While 6 infected barangays are cleared of African swine fever, around 2,000 pigs have not yet been culled in Barangay Payatas
[OPINYON] Sa mga mata ng anak ng isang magsasaka
Parang isang malaking biro ng tadhana at ng gobyerno na ang mga taong nagbibigay ng maihahain ng masa sa hapag nila ay silang walang maihain dahil sa pagkalugi
[OPINION] Why farm mechanization won't help our farmers
The Department of Agriculture's efforts fail to attack the root of peasant poverty: landlessness
[OPINION] Let’s have coffee, Senator Villar, and talk about research
'You are one of the country’s best entrepreneurs.... I am confident that you know the significance of research and early innovation in an industry’s success, as smart a woman as you claim to be.'
[OPINION] Cynthia Villar: Champion of the 'personal interest first' policy
'How I wish that in the future, the Senate may have a more strict way of selecting chairpersons for committees. Put someone in the agricultural committee who does not forget that their service is for the country and the people.'
Milked dry? COA calls for probe into Nabcor's P100-million dairy goat project
The Commission on Audit says the goals of the 2009 Dairy Goat Development Project 'were not fully realized' due to anomalies
Funds for 2020 barangay polls to be realigned to DA, DepEd instead
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano says legislators are already set to postpone the 2020 barangay and SK elections, whose funds can now be realigned to other government programs next year
Swine shipment from Negros Occidental to Cebu gets green light
Cebu province eases restrictions on backyard-raised hogs coming from the Visayas
DA confirms hogs in 2 Quezon City barangays positive for African swine fever
The QC government orders the immediate culling of all hogs in backyard piggeries in barangays Bagong Silangan and Payatas
Agriculture department allots P78 million to control African swine fever
A task force chaired by President Rodrigo Duterte will be ensuring that the African swine fever outbreak in parts of Rizal and Bulacan will not spread to other areas
250 live pigs from Negros Occidental barred from entering Cebu
Cebu provincial authorities say they are only allowing the entry of livestock raised in commercial farms in the Visayas and Mindanao. The Negros Occidental shipment were backyard swines.
Pampanga bans live pigs from entering its territory
With the threat of the African swine fever just across its borders, Pampanga becomes the first Luzon province to impose a hog blockade
African swine fever outbreak contained, says agriculture chief
The Department of Agriculture says the African swine fever cases in Rizal and Bulacan may be considered an outbreak, but not an epidemic
Misamis Oriental bans pork from Luzon, Visayas
Misamis Oriental joins 3 other provinces which sealed off its borders to prevent its local hog industry from African swine fever contamination
Agriculture department 'floods' market with cheap, imported NFA rice
Agriculture Secretary William Dar leads the unloading of NFA rice in Commonwealth Market in Quezn City, which will be sold at P27 per kilo
Pig carcasses retrieved along Marikina River
'There is no slaughterhouse or piggery in Marikina. The dead pigs could have been from the upstream of Rizal,' says Marikina City Mayor Marcy Teodoro
House wants to increase DA funds to buy more rice from farmers
Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano says lawmakers also seek to create a Camp Development Fund, where each police and military camp would get P500 million to modernize facilities
African swine fever now in Philippines
Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III assure the public that pork is safe to eat, as long as it bears the stamp of the National Meat Inspection Service
Rice prices still not hitting P27/kilo as projected under tariffication law
Some farmers are already selling palay at a loss, but consumers have yet to enjoy significantly lower rice prices
Where's P4 billion for farmers? Villar grills DBM, DA
Senator Cynthia Villar wants the Department of Agriculture to account for how it used the funds that the Department of Budget and Management released in 2018
