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’s 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. “With 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 — vegetables, fruits, chicken, hogs, and fish, among others — and include these in relief food packs distributed to constituents. “By 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 ‘new normal’ facing the country’s 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’s 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. “We 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. “We thank Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of the Department of National Defense continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 27 April 2020 The country’s 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. “We would like to inform the public that based on our estimates, the country will enjoy an ending rice inventory continue reading…
