With large swaths of farmlands in Luzon flattened by Super Typhoon Karding, the country may have to resort to more rice importation and possibly at significantly higher cost due to the continued weakening of the peso.
LIVELIHOOD SEMINAR. Members of two agrarian reform beneficiary organizations in Cagayan province listen to a product supply chain management training conducted by the Department of Agrarian Reform and Department of Trade and Industry in this undated photo. Upon completion, the farmer-members will be knowledgeable on how to centrally control and efficiently link their production, shipment and distribution of products. (Photo courtesy of DAR) MANILA - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is conducting product chain management training for farmers and agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cagayan province to open up more opportunities for them to earn more. Thirty-eight members of the Patasda cooperative in Allacapan and Bical-Baliuag cooperative in Penablanca were the initial participants in the recent DAR and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) trainings that will arm them with knowledge on how to centrally control and efficiently link their production, shipment and distribution of pro
MORATORIUM. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs an Executive Order imposing a year-long moratorium on the annual amortization and interest payments of agrarian reform beneficiaries on Tuesday (Sept. 13, 2022). Marcos earlier said amoratorium would give the farmers the ability to channel their resources in developing their farms.(Photo courtesy of DAR) MANILA -President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has made true his promise of unburdening farmers of their debts with the signing of an executive order (EO) imposing a yearlong moratorium on the payment of land amortization and interest payments. In a press release, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) announced that Marcos signed the EO on Tuesday, which is also the day he celebrates his 65th birthday. "Marcos, Jr. today signed the Executive Order imposing a year-long moratorium on payments on the annual amortization and interest payments of ARBs for agricultural lands distributed under the Comprehensive Agrarian Refo
President Marcos signed an executive order (EO) imposing a year-long moratorium on payments on the annual amortization and interest payments of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) for agricultural lands distributed under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), the Department of Agrarian R
A tree planting and signing of an executive order for farmers in the morning, a luncheon in the Palace at noon, and a gift-giving in the afternoon.
President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos is given a birthday cake during his visit at the White Cross in San Juan City on Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo courte