Rappler's latest stories on soil
Maynilad reduces water production due to monsoon rain
Erosion increases the amount of sediments at the Angat Dam forcing Maynilad to reduce water production
Piñol calls out DA officials for using outdated soil data
Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol says he is giving officials 45 days to complete nationwide soil testing and sampling to allow farmers to determine appropriate crops and fertilizers to use for the next planting season
Crop damages due to dry spell now worth P2.19B
The agriculture department says 29 714 hectares of rice and 25 086 rice farmers are already affected by the prevailing dry spell
DA cites role of healthy soils in food security
The Department of Agriculture leads the launch of International Year of Soils 2015
Dry spell damages P1.7B worth of grains, high value crops
The agriculture department says 21 317 hectares of rice lands are affected 24 662 hectares of which may not recover
PH spends less than P1B to fight neglected tropical diseases
The country s health department only has P887 182 612 20 03 million in its 2015 budget for NTDs This is billions of dollars lower than the 2 9 billion recommended by the World Health Organization
WHO urges billions to fight neglected tropical diseases
The World Health Organization urges countries to invest billions of dollars to tackle 17 neglected tropical diseases which kill 500 000 people globally each year
DA intensifies cloud seeding ops to fight drought
The department will conduct operations in Mindanao to induce rain
4 killed in Nueva Vizcaya plane crash
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines will assist the Department of Agriculture which lost two employees in the plane crash in probing the incident
Inspection of SM trees angers protesters
Environmentalists and protesters say SM did not earth ball trees properly
