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Tag: food security

Agriculture official unveils plan to cut costs and boost yields

Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for operations Roger Navarro has presented a package of farm initiatives to lower production costs, improve yields and strengthen food...

Benguet harvest benefits Senate security personnel

A charitable food distribution program on Wednesday was spearheaded by the Senate Spouses Foundation Inc., delivering two truckloads of fresh produce from Benguet to...

DA grants full toll exemptions for food trucks to stabilize prices

The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has reactivated and expanded its Food Lane program to ensure the uninterrupted transport of agricultural goods and help...

The Philippines’ polycrisis

"Diversifying our energy sources can’t be a maybe anymore; it needs to be urgent" IT FEELS like just yesterday we were talking about cautious optimism...

DA brought P20 rice to 932 sites nationwide in Q1

The Department of Agriculture has established 932 P20 rice selling sites nationwide as of the first quarter of 2026, serving 6.45 million beneficiaries under...

Rice Supply

Workers unload sacks of rice along Dagupan Street in Tondo, Manila, on Saturday. The Department of Agriculture warns that rice production could drop by...

Saving Kamatis

Tomatoes are ripe for the picking in Quezon City, as Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan and his ‘Sagip Saka’ initiative managed to save hundreds of...

Philippine rice stocks ease in March

Philippine rice inventories climbed sharply in February before easing in March, while corn stocks maintained year-on-year growth despite monthly declines, the Philippine Statistics Authority...

Crisis cripples half of fishermen in Luzon; rice harvest threatened

Nearly half of marginal fishers in several Luzon provinces have stopped going out to sea as surging fuel prices sharply raise operating costs, an...

DA launches low-cost fertilizer plan to shield farmers from price shocks

Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. joined more than 100 rice farmers at a harvest festival to roll out a lower-cost fertilization...

Farmer leaders slam private monopoly of state-funded bio-fertilizer

Former Agriculture Secretary and Federation of Free Farmers board chairman Leonardo Montemayor and Magsasaka Party-List chairman Argel Joseph Cabatbat warned that a private monopoly...

PH, United Nation’s FAO strengthen ties to boost food security

The Philippines and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are strengthening cooperation on agriculture and food security following the first official...

DOTr implements relief plan amid hikes

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is implementing a multi-pronged relief package to counter soaring fuel prices, including reductions in airport and port charges and...

Twenty-pesos Rice Rollout

Residents queue for P20-per-kilo rice at a Department of Agriculture Kadiwa store in Quezon City on Tuesday, March 17, as the government rolls out...
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