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Agriculture begins rice seed distribution

Agriculture Secretary William Dar signed Tuesday an agreement with top seed growers’ associations and cooperatives in the country to ensure the supply of high-quality...

Big business groups back law liberalizing rice imports

The Philippine business community  supported the efforts of Agriculture Secretary William Dar to effectively implement the Rice Tariffication Law to protect palay farmers and...

PH chicken exports to Korea to resume

Korea is set to conduct an onsite inspection and process a proposal to accredit new poultry processing facilities in the Philippines for the resumption...

Dar sees agriculture growth of 3% to 5%

Agriculture Secretary William Dar plans to expand agriculture by as much as 3 percent to 5 percent before his three-year term ends. Dar also enjoined...

Govt implements protocol vs swine disease

The Agriculture Department on Wednesday asked the Crisis Management Task Force to vigorously implement the so-called “1-7-10 Protocol” to contain the spread of a...

Govt pushes massive replanting of coconut to boost rural income

The Agriculture Department on Tuesday called for massive replanting of coconuts trees to bring back productivity and increase the income of families dependent on...

Dar asks LGUs, growers to contain increasing deaths of backyard pigs

The Agriculture Department on Tuesday asked local government units and the private sector to implement stronger measures to manage, contain and control the incidence...

Dar expects increased rice output after fund release

Agriculture Secretary William Dar predicts higher rice production and increased income of farmers toward the end of the year with the release of the...

Rethinking agriculture

"There is an understated food shortage."     With a local and global economic slowdown that has begun in earnest, the government’s greater attention to agriculture has...

Govt extending cash assistance to farmers

Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III agreed over the weekend to extend unconditional cash assistance to help rice farmers adjust...

New agriculture chief bares strategy to revive local farming

Newly-appointed Agriculture Secretary William Dar announced Tuesday his plan to make the sector more profitable and lift the income of millions of farmers and...
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