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03 July 2013

PHILIPPINES - DSM Nutritional Products, Philippines, Inc., and Bayer Philippines, Inc., announce that DSM has acquired the industrial custom premix for feed millers business of Bayer in the Philippines. ...
10 June 2013

PHILIPPINES – A dairy project is to benefit local producers when it starts producing milk in four months. ...
22 May 2013

PHILIPPINES - The country pays tribute to the hardworking labour force and stakeholders of the Philippine agriculture and fishery sector as the Department of Agriculture leads the nationwide celebration of Farmers' and Fisherfolk's Month....
20 May 2013

PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture in partnership with corn industry groups recently sent an initial shipment of 24 metric tons (MT) of corn feed silage for cattle to Busan, South Korea. ...
17 May 2013

PHILIPPINE - The Philippine agriculture industry grew by 3.3 per cent in the first three months of 2013, as all four subsectors — crops, fishery, poultry and livestock — posted respective increases, grossing a total of P352.5 billion at current prices....
03 April 2013

PHILIPPINES - The Land Bank of the Philippines further strengthened its support to small farmers and fishermen with loan releases amounting to P39.9 billion from January to December 2012, benefiting 772,892 small businesses. ...
26 March 2013

PHILIPPINES – A 300 head dairy cattle breeding farm is to be established in the Malaybalay area as part of a policy goal of achieving total milk self-sufficiency by 2021. ...
25 March 2013

PHILIPPINES - The National Statistics Office (NSO) is currently conducting the nationwide Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) for 2012 which started 25 February and expected to end on 13 April, 2013....
04 March 2013

PHILIPPINES - The Land Bank of the Philippines released P39.9 billion loan in 2012 to further strengthen support to small farmers and fishers....
14 February 2013

PHILIPPINES - The Philippines can become competitive in exporting livestock and poultry, especially with the elimination of tariffs on most farm goods traded within the ASEAN region once the region is integrated into a single market in 2015, the Department...
12 February 2013

PHILIPPINES - More or less 5,000 farmers and fishermen could make use of of the insurance coverage offered by the provincial government of Northern Samar. ...

PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture will continue providing support to sustain the increased production of fresh milk, which last year grew by 12 per cent....
24 January 2013

PHILIPPINES - Tropical storm “Quinta” that hit Aklan last year has caused P15.3 million worth of damages in the province. ...
22 January 2013

PHILIPPINES - The country’s agriculture industry — bannered by the crops, poultry and livestock subsectors — grew by 2.92 per cent in 2012, grossing P1.4 trillion at current prices. ...
09 January 2013

PHILIPPINES - To establish an inventory of the agricultural and fishery resources of which data collected will be used by policymakers and planners the National Statistics Office (NSO) will conduct the 2012 Census on Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF)....
11 December 2012

PHILIPPINES - There's nothing stopping good practices and improved systems, especially in the agriculture sector. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala is confident that the agriculture sector would post a positive growth for the last quarter of the...
21 November 2012

PHILIPPINES - Senator Franklin M. Drilon and Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala recently inaugurated an upgraded P83-million ‘double-A’ abattoir or slaughterhouse in Iloilo that will pave the way to transforming the province and Western Visayas...
13 November 2012

PHILIPPINES - The country’s agriculture sector has a total value of P956 billion at current prices, as it grew by 1.93 percent during the first nine months of the year, the Department of Agriculture said. ...
12 October 2012

PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Education (DepEd) will jointly explore ways to improve the delivery of agriculture and fishery offerings in 126 agri-fishery technical vocational schools. ...
02 October 2012

PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture is urging agencies under it to purchase local milk and other products, as part of the government’s continuous support the Philippine dairy sector. ...
28 September 2012

PHILIPPINES - The National Statistics Office (NSO) in Basilan sought the support and cooperation of stakeholders, especially those who are involved in activities relative to agriculture and fisheries for the conduct of Census of Agriculture and Fisheries...
19 September 2012

PHILIPPINES - Three coastal towns from Lanao del Norte province received financial support from the Mindanao Rural Development Programme (MRDP) of the Department of Agriculture for the implementation of its agricultural projects, particularly those on...
18 September 2012

PHILIPPINES - A regional consultative forum spearheaded by the regional office of the National Statistics Office (NSO) has been conducted to inform stakeholders of issues and concerns on the 2012 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF). ...
24 August 2012

PHILIPPINES - To sustain the momentum of frontloading investments in agri-fishery infrastructure and attain sufficiency in rice and other major staples by the end of 2013, the Department of Agriculture is proposing a P74.1-billion budget for the coming...
16 August 2012

PHILIPPINES - Census enumerators and supervisors will be visiting households and establishments engaged in agriculture and fisheries starting February 2013 to gather data and compile the latest information on the agriculture and fishery sector of the...
14 August 2012

PHILIPPINES - The Philippine agriculture sector grew by 0.93 per cent in the first half of 2012, with a gross value of P691.4 billion at current prices. ...
06 June 2012

PHILIPPINES - In a bid to advance the global competitiveness of Soccsksargen’s livestock and poultry industry, the Department of Agriculture -12 will gather over 300 sector stakeholders in the 1st Regional Livestock and Poultry Congress in General Santos...
22 May 2012

PHILIPPINES - The National Dairy Confederation (DairyCon) of the Philippines is pushing the country’s dairy industry towards a higher level of sufficiency by institutionalising the Milk Feeding Programme. ...