The Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council (PAFC) in Quezon Province, through the help of the Office of the Provincial Agriculture (OPA), immediately responded to the Department of Agriculture鈥檚 (DA) 鈥淎hon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) kontra COVID-19鈥� or known as 鈥淧lant, Plant, Plant Program鈥�. The program is an initiative of the Department to increase farm continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 1 May 2020 Pork lovers in Luzon and Visayas, and likewise Mindanao farmers have reasons to be happy in the coming days as their surplus hogs, pork, and pork by-products are now allowed entry in Cebu City and Southern Leyte, and onto Metro Manila and other areas in Luzon. continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 1 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture through the Philippine Coconut Authority (DA-PCA) is partnering with other agencies to study the curative properties of virgin coconut oil (VCO) on patients infected with the COVID-19. 鈥淭his is indeed good news for us, a silver lining in the scientific community. This continue reading…
More than 60 hog and swine raisers, concerned private stakeholders, government officials and selected PCAF employees participated in a video conference on April 30, 2020 to discuss and get updates on the African Swine Fever (ASF) situation in the country. The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry presented the Department鈥檚 initiatives on ASF. These include continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 30 April 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) assures the consuming public of adequate supply of fresh fish in the market, amid the extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon, until May 15. 鈥淲ith the lifting of the closed fishing season in major fishing areas in the country and continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 30 April 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar continues to encourage local chief executives (LCEs) to buy from farmers and fishers their products 鈥� vegetables, fruits, chicken, hogs, and fish, among others 鈥� and include these in relief food packs distributed to constituents. 鈥淏y doing so, we help our farmers continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 29 April 2020 Amid the challenges in global food systems due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is ready to take on the challenge of the 鈥榥ew normal鈥� facing the country鈥檚 agriculture and fishery sector. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the vulnerabilities continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 29 April 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) will distribute seeds and fertilizers for free to rice farmers starting the 2020 wet cropping season to further boost the country鈥檚 rice production. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the full implementation of the P8.5-billion Rice Resiliency Project (RRP) under the Plant, continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 29 April 2020 To help stabilize the supply and prices of pork in Metro Manila and other areas in Luzon, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is coordinating with hog raisers in Mindanao to bring their surplus pork products to Visayas and Luzon. 鈥淲e are looking at an initial volume continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 28 April 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar forged a partnership with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on April 28, with the launching of the Urban Agriculture Program inside the compound of Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. 鈥淲e thank Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of the Department of National Defense continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 27 April 2020 The country鈥檚 rice supply remains on the optimistic side as the Department of Agriculture (DA) projects a 94-day buffer stock by the end of December 2020. 鈥淲e would like to inform the public that based on our estimates, the country will enjoy an ending rice inventory continue reading…
