PHL wants to regain status as world’s top seaweed exporter
The Philippines can regain its status as the world’s biggest exporter of seaweed if the industry will get the support it requires, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
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The Philippines can regain its status as the world’s biggest exporter of seaweed if the industry will get the support it requires, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Russia lifted a ban on five Ecuadorian banana exporters, resolving for now a dispute over the Latin American nation’s swap of decades-old weaponry with the United States.
The government’s bid to secure jabs against avian influenza (AI) and African swine fever (ASF) is stuck in limbo as it has yet to receive applications for product registration from vaccine makers, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The House Committee on Ways and Means has approved measures aimed at institutionalizing the Philippine Cacao Development Program and establishing a comprehensive national initiative for the advancement of the coffee industry.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) trained cacao processors in Camiguin on Food Safety and current Good Manufacturing Practices.
The government has vowed to invest heavily in the country’s agriculture sector, which accounted for one in every four jobs in December, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
The leadership of the House of Representatives on Sunday reiterated its commitment to combating rice hoarders and smugglers as farmers achieved a historic milestone of producing 20.06 million metric tons (MMT) of rice in 2023.
To help close data gaps and contribute to better guidance for nutrition-sensitive agrifood systems policies, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has created a new domain in the FAOSTAT portal.
The country’s milk production declined last year despite government efforts to beef up the Philippines’s dairy herd, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
Traders piled in to buy cocoa options this week as futures surged to record highs on concern global supplies will be tight after drought and disease ravaged crops in top West African producers.
Sta. Cruz, Marinduque—Lenlie Lecaroz and his wife Donna were the typical urbanites when they decided to live in the island province of Marinduque after they got married in 2015.
After decades of battling against more ethanol going into US cars, Big Oil is joining Big Agriculture in a push to expand use of the corn-based biofuel.
Davao City—A business incubation program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) yielded 1,418 kilograms or 1.4 metric tons of fish from various participants in Lanao del Norte.
Earnings from the country’s top farm exports fell last year, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The benchmark for world food commodity prices fell further in January, albeit slightly, led by decreases in the prices of cereals and meat, which more than offset an increase in the sugar prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said Friday.
Manila has slapped a temporary ban on live cattle and buffalo imports, their products and byproducts from Libya, Russia, South Korea and Thailand due to outbreaks of lumpy skin disease (LSD), a viral infection that could be deadly to cattle.
The House of Representatives is committed to alleviating the concerns of Filipinos regarding their access to food by approving comprehensive legislative measures to address hunger, according to a lawmaker.
For families across China preparing for Lunar New Year, the most important celebration in the calendar, pork is a must.
Local planters managed to increase their output of rice and corn—the country’s staple crops—despite higher input costs, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The government should strictly implement laws that seek to combat overfishing to increase the country’s fish stocks, according to a lawmaker.
Increasingly popular alcohol breaks like Dry January are buoying the emerging US cannabis market as more drinkers—especially younger ones—see marijuana as a healthier alternative.
The Philippines will carry out this year a P100.05-million bamboo work program which includes trade and marketing in global venues to promote Filipino innovations in bamboo architecture and other products.
A weaker peso and high food prices likely slashed the Philippines’s total milk imports by 15 percent year-on-year to 2.3 million metric tons (MMT) last year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The Department of Agriculture (DA) should closely monitor the supply of food products to prevent price fluctuations, according to a lawmaker.
American pet food makers would spend over $1.3 million (about P73.177 million) this year to expand their exports in 10 markets, including the Philippines, United States-based Pet Food Institute (PFI) said.
Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit was ordered by a Pennsylvania jury to pay more than $2.2 billion to a former Roundup user who blamed his cancer on the weedkiller in the largest verdict so far in five years of litigation over the herbicide.
After a 5-year lull due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Provincial Government of Bohol is hosting the resumption of the Philippine Farm Tourism Conference set at The Bellevue Resort in Panglao from February 26 to 28.
A technical working group (TWG), which will be spearheaded by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and composed of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), will be created to address the issue on the movement of pork and other raw materials within agricultural zones.
San Miguel Corp.’s (SMC) Backyard Bukid, initiated in 2021 to assist its service personnel during the pandemic, has grown into a vibrant urban farm at the company’s head office complex, now cultivating 39 varieties of flowering plants and vegetables.
The Philippines’s raw sugar production in the current crop year could drop to 1.75 million metric tons (MMT), the lowest in 24 years, due to El Niño.
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