Phl agri-fishery exports up by 12% in Q1 (repost)

Author: DA Communications Group | 9 May 2020   Exports of agriculture and fishery products provided the bright spot to the otherwise bleak picture of the country鈥檚 trade numbers. The Department of Agriculture said export shipments of agri-fishery products from January to March 2020 grew by 12 percent (%) to $1.31 billion (B), from $1.17 continue reading…

IATF okays food security development framework (repost)

Author: DA Communications Group | 8 May 2020   The Department of Agriculture (DA), as chair of the Task Group on Food Security (TGFS), recently got the nod of the Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to pursue its Food Security Development Framework (FSDF) as it leads the country鈥檚 agriculture continue reading…

Agri-fishery can rebound 鈥 DA chief (repost)

Author: DA Communications Group | 6 May 2020   The Department of Agriculture (DA) is taking the necessary steps to boost domestic food production and attain higher levels of food sufficiency in the coming months after a slight decline in the first quarter (Q1) of the year. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported today that the continue reading…

PAFC Palawan explores modified strategy for consultation on ECQ

Realizing the vital role of agriculture and fishery to secure food sufficiency in times of crisis, the Provincial Agriculture and Fishery Council (PAFC) of Palawan explored the possibility of sustaining coordination and meetings. Due to constraints of a face-to-face consultation in compliance with Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) and to ensure the safety of its members continue reading…

DA, UE partner to promote urban agri (repost)

Author: DA Communications Group | 6 May 2020   Following the intensified promotion of urban agriculture, amid the extended quarantine period, the Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) and Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the University of the East (UE) Caloocan campus, on 4 continue reading…

DA resumes full operations, providing service to farmers, fishers, agri stakeholders (repost)

Author: DA Communications Group | 4 May 2020   The Department of Agriculture (DA), its bureaus, regional field offices, attached agencies, and corporations nationwide are resuming full operations, starting Monday, May 4, 2020, as part of the government鈥檚 efforts to gradually phase into the 鈥渘ew normal,鈥 amid the implementation of enhanced or general community quarantine continue reading…