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…
DA offers quality, affordable fish via ‘isDA on the go’ and ‘Seafood Kadiwa’ (repost)
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…
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’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…
IATF okays food safety guidelines for agri frontliners (repost)
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…
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’s agriculture continue reading…
LGUs buy PhP1.58-billion worth of farmers’ produce (repost)
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…
PCAF Initiatives during COVID-19 ECQ: Resolution No. 6, Series of 2020
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…
Agri-fishery can rebound — 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…