DSWD Mobilizes P1.09 Billion in Aid as Over 2.1 Million Families Feel Impact of Storms

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has intensified its humanitarian response, delivering more than ₱1.09 billion worth of assistance to communities affected by the enhanced southwest monsoon and the successive impacts of tropical cyclones Luis, Maymay, and Neneng.According to the DSWD’s 6 a.m. Disaster Response Operations Management, Information and Communication (DROMIC) report released Saturday, the agency has distributed approximately 1.66 mill...

6.5K farmers in Bago City get P32.8-M financial aid under RCEF

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June 11, 2024

6.5K farmers in Bago City get P32.8-M financial aid under RC...

PNABACOLOD CITY – Some 6,558 farmer-beneficiaries in Bago City, the top rice-producing local government unit in Negros Occidental, are eligible to ...

Rice industry stakeholders ready to work with DA to reduce rice prices

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June 11, 2024

Rice industry stakeholders ready to work with DA to reduce r...

PNAMANILA – Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Tuesday expressed optimism that retail prices of rice will be further reduced with th...

Philippines bans bird imports from Australia over bird flu outbreak

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June 10, 2024

Philippines bans bird imports from Australia over bird flu o...

PHILSTARMANILA, Philippines — Philippines has banned the import of birds from Australia, which is battling a bird flu outbreak, the government annou...

DA-13 starts release of seed, fertilizer vouchers to rice farmers

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June 10, 2024

DA-13 starts release of seed, fertilizer vouchers to rice fa...

PNABUTUAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) started distributing PHP525 million worth of discount vouchers to rice ...

DA steps in to raise Calabarzon farmers productivity this wet season

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June 8, 2024

DA steps in to raise Calabarzon farmers productivity this we...

PNALIPA CITY, Batangas – The Department of Agriculture in Calabarzon (DA-4A) will implement a number of interventions to help rice farmers in the r...

Former TUPAD beneficiaries in Calapan City now agri-entrepreneurs

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June 8, 2024

Former TUPAD beneficiaries in Calapan City now agri-entrepre...

PNACALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Some 30 individuals here who were former beneficiaries of the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) sh...

New generation farmers rise with DA’s Young Farmers Challenge Program

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June 7, 2024

New generation farmers rise with DA’s Young Farmers Ch...

DA-NEWSHundreds of young farmers from the different parts of the country convened for the Department of Agriculture (DA) Young Farmers Challenge (YFC)...

DA-BSWM reaffirms its commitment to sustainable agriculture in its 73rd Anniversary

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June 7, 2024

DA-BSWM reaffirms its commitment to sustainable agriculture ...

DA-NEWSDepartment of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. highlighted the vital role of the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (B...

DA chief meets Argentine envoy for agri-cooperation

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June 7, 2024

DA chief meets Argentine envoy for agri-cooperation

DA-NEWSAgriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. and Argentina’s envoy to Manila, Ambassador Ricardo Luis Bocalandro, met recently to di...

Farm-to-market road system to benefit onion growers in OccMin

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June 7, 2024

Farm-to-market road system to benefit onion growers in OccMi...

PNAMAMBURAO, Occidental Mindoro – All is set to begin the construction of the Surong Bridge and upgrade of the Barangay Aguas Farm-to-Market Road i...

DMW, DA to help OFWs, families venture into agribusiness

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June 6, 2024

DMW, DA to help OFWs, families venture into agribusiness

PNAMANILA – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have partnered to assist returning overseas Filipino wor...