Agriculture

The National Dairy Authority, an agency under the Department of Agriculture, is seeking a raise   in its  annual budget  of  P500 million, to enable it to increase its production  and  meet at least five  percent of the country’s milk requirement, now addressed mostly by imported processed milk product brands. NDA Administrator Marcus Antonius Andaya said improving the  country’s milk …

By Rose de la Cruz Licensed Aeronautical Engineer Mark Kennedy Bantugon  acknowledged and thanked the Department of Science and Technology  (DOST)  in his adventures and triumphs in developing a billion dollar aviation sealant using pili as a base ingredient. At the opening of the National Youth Science, Technology, and Innovation Festival (NYSTIF), at the PICC Forum Tent, Bantugon. shared how …

By the year 2050, water shortages are to be experienced all over the world because of increasing population, which in turn causes specific problem in the agriculture sector which uses 82 percent of freshwater for crops. Dr. Sylvester A. Badua, an associate professor at Central Luzon State University (CLSU), raised this concern during his lecture on automated fertigation systems during …

By Rose de la Cruz Since Executive Order No. 62 failed to reduce retail prices for rice, pork and other food commodities even at reduced tariffs from 35 to 15 percent last July until 2028, rice and hog farmers’ groups are asking the government to revert to the old tariff rate of 35 percent, to better protect farmers since revenues …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …