Author: DA Communications Group | 11 May 2020 The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has resumed rice exports to the Philippines and other members of ASEAN to maintain adequate food supply in the region and cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. “We welcome the decision by Vietnam to resume its rice export policy and taking into continue reading…
Department of Agriculture’s (DA) regulatory agencies, led by DA Undersecretary for Operations and Chairperson of DA COVID-19 Food Resiliency Task Force, Engr. Ariel T. Cayanan, gathered on May 8, 2020 in a video conference to study and give comments to AgriLogistics Solutions, Inc.’s proposal called “Offdock container yard One-Stop-Solution”. The proposal aims to address the continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 8 May 2020 To bring quality and affordable fish and fishery products to residents in Metro Manila and other urban areas in the country, amid the community quarantine due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Agriculture (DA) conducts complementary initiatives under the “Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita” marketing continue reading…
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’s 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…
Author: DA Communications Group | 8 May 2020 To ensure the health and safety of farmers, fishers and other ‘frontliners’ of the country’s food value chain during this Covid-19 crisis, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has developed set of guidelines that was recently approved by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management on Emerging continue reading…
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’s agriculture continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 7 May 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) reports that to date local government units (LGUs) nationwide have bought tons of farm and fishery products worth more than PhP1.58 billion direct from farmers and fishers since the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was imposed on March 15, 2020. “We are continue reading…
In a video conference, PCAF facilitated on May 6, 2020 a follow through discussion on Poultry and Feeds Sectors Resolution No. 6 , Series of 2020, “Recommending to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to put up a one-stop shop storage facility with DA quarantine office in alternate container yard to store agricultural and fishery shipments continue reading…
