Philippines

By Dr. Fermin N. Adriano3 September 2020
Last week, The Manila Times sponsored an online forum titled “Food Security through Agribusiness and Digitalization” that was moderated by Conrad Carino, the paper’s agribusiness editor, and myself as columnist. The panel of experts was composed of Agriculture Secretary William Dar; Roberto Amores, chairman of the Agriculture Committee of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry… Read more
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the imposed community quarantine since mid-March, the Philippines continues to be food-secure with sufficient supply of basic food commodities. “We remain to be so, given the continuous strong support of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the Cabinet’s Economic Development Cluster, headed by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III,” said Agriculture… Read more
By Anna Leah E. Gonzales17 August 2020
The Department of Science and Technology’s (DoST) Collaborative Research and Development to Leverage Philippine Economy (Cradle) program will help the Philippines attain food security. Science Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said the program also aims to prolong the shelf life of agricultural products. He cited the successful partnership of the Batangas Egg Producers Cooperative (BEPCO) and… Read more
By Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz15 August 2020
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has partnered with the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) for the production of agricultural food products that will be used in urban farming in Metro Manila. The memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed by the DENR-National Capital Region (NCR) and BPI last Aug. 12 aims to raise seedlings of high-value vegetable crops to help ensure food… Read more
27 July 2020
Pilipinas Shell Foundation (PSFI) and its partner organizations, Manila Water Foundation (MWF) and World Vision (WV), recently launched its health and nutrition program that would help local government in two towns in Camarines Sur to strengthen its intervention on preventing malnutrition among young children. The health and nutrition program called Roots to Shoots will address malnutrition in… Read more
By OCS29 July 2020
With a third of Philippine households unable to afford a diet that meets nutritional needs and the government stretching its limited resources to address the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Wednesday said the government is maximizing science and technology to fill the nutrition gap and better provide Filipino children with healthy food. … Read more
5 June 2020
Bayani Brew, a social enterprise that helps Filipino farmers via its organically farmed drinks, donated 25,000 pieces of protective masks and almost PhP 400,000 worth of products to frontliners of 20 hospitals in Metro Manila and Bulacan, Philippines. “We are not a big company yet, but we believe that we all have to take part in the ongoing effort to recover from the turmoil… Read more
3 June 2020
The following link will take you to INQUIRER.net:Agriculture can save the Philippines from COVID-19 havochttps://opinion.inquirer.net/130404/agriculture-can-save-the-philippines-from-covid-19-havoc?fbclid=IwAR0iCUkJ6o40POwHhqNXtbc1uBC_q2rpAgysuMi2QvxNr-XKHdQ8UoIzqZw3 June 2020 Read more
28 May 2020
A farmer in Region 5 (Bicol) has harvested a record 15.73 metric tons per hectare (MT/ha) of rice that is above the national average of about 4.07 MT/ha. Genaro Tamon of from Magarao, Camarines Sur on May 12 recorded a harvest of 286 sacks (about 55 kilos each) from his one-ha farm. That is more than thrice the national yield-per-ha average based on the latest quarterly data from the… Read more
By Jam Pascual25 June 2020
Over the next two months, Delbros Group and Good Greens + Co. will donate 20 to 30 hydroponic boxes to select schools which have the capacity to grow 168 lettuces, per school, every 45 days. Most schools don’t teach you how to grow your own food. Home Economics classes tend to stop at the cooking-your-own-food part, which is only one aspect of self-sufficiency. On top of that, farming… Read more
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