Of the 2.38 million rice farmers tilling two hectares and below targeted to benefit from the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) Program, an initial 44,719 farmers have availed of the P5,000 unconditional cash grant between December 20 and 27 with the highest availment coming from the Cordillera Autonomous Region at 4251 farmers. Mandated under Republic Act (RA) No 11598, or the …

The Kitchen City and the Figaro Coffee Group, Inc. (“FCG”)  had its grand opening of the Lobby Café in World Trade Center, Pasay City. A ribbon cutting ceremony  attended by the following, Mr. Guillermo Luchangco, Chairman Emeritus of ICCP Group of Companies; Ms.  Pamela Pascual, Chairman and CEO of Manila Exposition Complex Inc.; Kitchen City’s Owner and Chairman  of the …

The Department of Agriculture lauded the active participation of its 1,887 partners in the Kadiwa program as well as local governments that have enjoined farmers in the Kadiwa program, thus expanding their market access. In a program last December 19, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.  acknowledged the sacrifice and hard work of long-time partners of the DA Kadiwa Program …

Call him blessed but James Penaflorida Amparo journey into a full-blown agri enterprises has had a lot of pitfalls and risks that no businessman in his right mind would trod. But he did. James began his company– the Yovel East AgriVentures– in 2014 as a research and development firm that tried different farming technologies to improve the farmers’ access to …

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. enjoined DA employees  to stay focused on the goal of ensuring food security in 2024 as the country faces the challenges of El Niño, global price hikes and supply shocks. He led the department’s annual Christmas celebration and expressed confidence that a united and determined DA could foster greater food production in spite of …

In an article that appeared at the Department of Agriculture last December 15, a beaming 43-year-old cancer survivor, Mylin V. Tayapad gratefully accepted with a mix od joy and disbelief the national award of the DA’s Search for Outstanding Rural Women 2023. The mother of six hails from Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental, where she cultivates a two-hectare land using organic and eco-friendly …

Agriculture Undersecretary for Rice Industry Development Leocadio S. Sebastian’s greatest contribution to the flourishing rice industry of Vietnam through the Smart MAP, which help them plan ahead the planting and harvesting of rice against salt intrusion from the Mekong River and climate change was recently feted by a Vietnamese newspaper following his recent visit to Hau Giang for the Vietnam …

The country’s rice production across all ecosystems is expected to hit 20 million metric tons, a report tracking the three quarters’ data of the Philippine Statistics showed. Compared to the output of 19.756 MMT harvested from 4, 804,591 hectares in 2022, this year’s rice production would hit 20.143 million MT reaped from 4,816,933 hectares or up by 386,193 metric tons. …

SM Foundation welcomes farmer-graduates The SM Foundation continues to work towards achieving its vision of a future where farmers are empowered, able to share knowledge with the community, and collectively work towards elevating the entire industry through agriculture. As a testament to this, several farmers from Pampanga, Tarlac, Camarines Sur, and Albay completed SM Foundation’s Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan (KSK) on …

“Every one of us is blind and deaf until our eyes are opened to our fellowmen, until our ears hear the voice of humanity.”  – Helen Keller The Henry Sy Foundation, Inc. through SM Foundation turned over repaired, renovated and refurbished learning facilities to the Philippine School for the Deaf in Pasay City. Present at the inauguration and turnover ceremony …