By Rose de la Cruz “Every October is Tamaraw month. As the month draws near its end, efforts to conserve our natural wildlife treasures continue 24/7 and 365 days, non top. Conservation efforts direly need our financial support and we can do this by donating (while enjoying) an app called the Animal Town, the proceeds of which would be used …
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By DA Press Office The Department of Agriculture has lifted the temporary ban on live goats importation from the United States. The ban was imposed in June after Coxiella burnetti, the bacteria that causes Q fever, were detected in goats imported from the US. The Bureau of Animal Industry culled more than five dozen goats infected with Q fever to …
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Around 900 farming households in two agrarian reform communities (ARCs) in Surigao del Sur benefitted from the community networks activated by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), in partnership with the USAID BEACON and unconnected.org to expand internet access in Caraga region. OIC-Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Jerry R. Viillason …
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The University of the Philippines is looking for partners to commercialize and market its ampalaya (bitter gourd) medicine table, developed from years of clinical trials and found to be a promising alternative and complementary treatment to manage Type 2 (lifestyle acquired) diabetes among millions of Filipino sufferers. In February 2024, ScienceDirect came up with a study on diabetes & metabolic …
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The Department of Agriculture and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO), formally opened the 43rd annual celebration of the World Food Day last October 14, 2024 at the DA Grounds in Quezon City with a ribbon cutting led by 2024 WFD chair Allan Q. Umali, UN FAO Country Representative Lionel Valentin Dabbadie, Undersecretary for Operations Roger V. Navarro, …
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The Department of Environment and Natural Resources was told to be more proactive on reclamation projects evaluation and improve its oversight on such undertakings to mitigate the risk of flooding. Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said the DENR should take the lead in reviewing such reclamations, particularly in the Manila Bay, which is being blamed from intense flooding that has been …
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The proposed Mining Fiscal Regime Bill that passed the Senate Committee on Ways and Means and is now due for deliberation by the plenary since September is being opposed by a group of small miners, representing indigenous people’s community where mine reserves are usually located. In a statement, Jaybee Garganera, Alyansa Tigil Mina National Coordinator, said the proposed provision is …
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By Rose de la Cruz Despite earlier protestations of the Department of Agriculture on the rice import projections of the US Department of Agriculture of 4.9 million metric tons in 2024, actual arrivals as of mid-October already hit 3.4 MMT or 95 percent of actual shipments of 3.61 MMT in 2023. Clearly, at this rate, the numbers suggest that by …
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By Rose de la Cruz The Departments of Agriculture plans to forge partnerships with other local government agencies to collect rainfall which can be used for irrigation to boost the country’s food production since the country gets 2.5 meters of rainfall each year. The DA recently met with officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the …
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Reduced feed costs and an easing in the number of highly pathogenic avian flu infections would bring chicken production up in 2025 by 3.8 percent to 1.63 million metric tons, according to the US Department of Agriculture- Foreign Agriculture Service, In a report by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), around 53 municipalities in nine provinces still have active cases …
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