Agriculture

By: Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 23, 2019 With still no means to compete with the expected inflow of cheaper imported rice in the market, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is encouraging local farmers to plant premium rice instead and develop a niche market.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), Aug 14, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s economic managers should rethink their stand on the farm industry and consider giving it greater attention instead of blaming it for the growth slowdown in the second quarter, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said yesterday.

by Ernesto M. Ordonez, Inquirer, Aug 3, 2017 Thirty hectares are being developed in Pampanga to serve as models for farmers to get out of poverty and earn a good income. It is being spearheaded by the Kapampangan Development Foundation (KDF), which has an excellent track record over the last 30 years. This project is…

By Alex Magno (The Philippine Star), Jul 15, 2017 If Agrarian Reform Secretary-designate Rafael Mariano had his way, he would have voided all the agribusiness venture agreements (AVAs), cancelled all farmers’ amortizations for the land awarded them and wrought havoc on the flourishing plantation industry in Mindanao. One of his undersecretaries, in fact, urged the…

IoT is enabling the digital transformation of the agriculture industry. But infrastructure constraints, limited talent and digital skills, and the need for regulation around the capture and exchange of data present some challenges. By Tas Bindi, Feb 1, 2017 Agriculture is commonly cited as an industry that has much to gain by harnessing the Internet…

By Jasper Y. Arcalas, Businessmirror, Feb, 1, 2017 THE farm sector is facing a new threat created by the government itself—the Conditional Cash-Transfer Program, now known as the 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program)—experts said.

By Jasper Y. Arcalas, Feb. 1, 2017 SUBSIDIZING farmers’ irrigation fees may not be the lucrative answer in boosting farm productivity as irrigation is only a small part of the total cost of production, according to a high-ranking government official.

By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, JANUARY 10, 2017 The Duterte administration has set a more modest production target for the agriculture and fisheries sector as indicated in the draft Philippine Development Plan (PDP) chapter of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/the-robots-are-coming-for-the-farms/70693?utm_source=ozyge&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12062016&variable=52af57bdb25c500ad0fe628fd8cf4052 Just minutes outside the city limits of Kyoto, Japan, the farmland begins. It’s lush, dotted with healthy paddy fields, halcyon against a mountain vista. Continue as far as Kameoka and you reach the place where the farmlands may end. Not because the horizon halts, but because a certain small factory, situated within these nearly…

8.21.2015, UP SOLAIR, Quezon City. In its 50th National Convention, over 200 national and regional union leaders and members of the National Congress of Unions in the Sugar Industry of the Philippines (NACUSIP) –the biggest federation of organized labor in the sugar industry –called on government to pursue “marangal na hanapbuhay at kaunlarang pantay-pantay” (decent…

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THAILAND’S food and agriculture sectors may stand to benefit the most from regional integration, but investing in the Philippines’ strengths and dropping some protectionist barriers may allow the latter country to bridge the gap, Rabobank said on Tuesday.

SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela – Herculano “Joji” Co, longtime president of the Philippine Confederation of Grains Associations (Philcongrains), says his counterparts in the Asean continue to wonder why subsidy has become a dirty word among Filipino officials.

The Philippine agriculture sector is expected to benefit from the upcoming ASEAN economic community integration provided that the government and the agriculture sector players have sufficient preparations.

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Asean economic integration might have dire consequences for Philippine agriculture, which remains largely underdeveloped and “un-mechanized” and is, therefore, ill-equipped to compete in the free market, an undersecretary in the Department of Labor and Employment said here Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines – The road was unpaved and the sun was unforgiving; it was almost impossible to hear your own thoughts drowning in the sound of a struggling motor engine. The tricycle took its time crossing the rocky path. At the end of the road were the women of Baruya in Pampanga.

At the April 10 Asean Economic Community (AEC) Forum, Alyansa Agrikultura leaders felt that the government needed to give more attention to Philippine agriculture.

During the last Cabinet meeting, I understand that P-Noy was perplexed by the issue of persistent poverty. In his way of thinking, he might have thought that by making the CCT a flagship program of his administration and pouring billions into it, even a tiny bit of improvement would manifest by now.

Local planters reported to be on equal footing with regional peers Agriculture officials said over the weekend that Filipino rice farmers have achieved a level of competitiveness comparable to those of neighboring countries.

MANILA, Philippines – Irrigated farm areas expanded by an average of 1.2 percent between 2008 and 2012 with the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) having the biggest increase in irrigation areas, according the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS).

MANILA — Despite efforts of the government to increase funding for the farm sector, poverty incidence among agriculture households remain high.

Go back to the province and plant kamote (sweet potato),” was what teachers usually told students who fared poorly in school or were better off going back to the provinces to literally plant kamote.

Graphic showing the top producers of genetically modified crops. A study said on Monday, June 10, 2013, that more pest species are becoming resistant to the most popular type of genetically modified, insect-repellent crops, but not in areas where farmers follow expert advice.

A new ILO/UNCTAD book highlights the role of agricultural trade in creating jobs and alleviating poverty around the world.Press release

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – People who produce food to feed the nation—those who work in the agriculture sector—are among the lowest paid in the entire Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines – Workers in the agriculture sector are among the lowest paid in the country, the National Statistical Coordination Board said, making poverty widespread in the industry as it employs a third of the labor force.

MANILA, Philippines – The declining share of agriculture in the Philippine economy could be a reason for the country’s high poverty incidence.

THE KEY to strong, sustained and inclusive growth in the Philippines is the performance of the agriculture sector. Agriculture accounts for a significant, though decreasing, share of gross domestic product (GDP) and is the source of employment of roughly 40% of Filipino workers. A great majority of the poor, approximately 70%, live in rural hinterlands…

MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) – Farmworker-beneficiaries in Hacienda Luisita are expected to receive their land within 1 year, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said on Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines – The agricultural sector in 2011 felt the full impact of climate change, which thwarted plans by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to raise rice and corn production this year, then moving on to rice self-sufficiency by 2013.