Agriculture and Food

Shut down, but not gone: Misamis Oriental renews fight vs. illegal mining

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (August 27)  — The closure signs may be up, but illegal mining has proved harder to keep out of Misamis Oriental. Authorities returned to Barangay Limonda...

10-year-old pregnancies ring alarm bells in Davao Region as cases rise

CPD: Every pregnancy involving a girl aged 10 to 14 signals a failure to protect children DAVAO CITY (August...

Ombudsman tags Davao as ‘epicenter’ of flood control corruption probe

MANILA (August 27)  — Davao City has emerged as a key focus of the government’s widening probe into...

Digos police trace school threats to 3 minors, trigger six-month intervention

DIGOS CITY (August 27)  — What began as online threats against two schools has ended with three students...

No water, no normal: Dinagat Islands seeks calamity declaration as crisis hits 18,000

BUTUAN CITY (August 27) — Water is running short across Dinagat Islands, and provincial officials are moving to...
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Government to co-invest P20 billion annually for livestock industry

MANILA (September 29) — Nearly P20 billion in yearly co-investment options for the livestock industry may soon be made available by the Department of...

Bislig City coops receive P10.7-M assistance to promote livelihood

BUTUAN CITY (September 26) – On Tuesday, the government provided PHP10.7 million in support to two farmers' cooperatives in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur,...

Boosting Rice Production in the Philippines: Techno Farms, Policies, and Price Challenges

New Hybrid Rice Demonstration Farm in Davao de Oro DAVAO CITY (June 20) -A major initiative to increase rice yields recently kicked off in Davao...

Northern Mindanao Launches Sale of ₱20 Rice for Minimum Wage Earners

DAVAO CITY (July 13) -National government agencies formally launched the sale of ₱20 per kilogram rice for minimum wage earners in Northern Mindanao on...

DA, FDA strengthen vaccine regulation amid ASF resurgence in Cotabato

DAVAO CITY (May 23)—In a concerted effort to bolster animal health and safeguard national food security, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the...

Comelec exempts ‘P20/kilo’ rice program from election spending ban

DAVAO CITY (April 27) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has exempted the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) P20-per-kilo rice program from the election spending...
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