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HELP FOR FARMERS. Rice farmers from the towns of San Narciso and San Marcelino in Zambales have started claiming financial assistance from the government this January. Each beneficiary is given PHP5,000 in cash as compensation for the income loss due to a drop in the selling price of palay and increasing costs of fertilizer and other farm inputs. (PNA file photo) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture (DA) continues to distribute cash assistance to eligible rice farmers under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund - Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA). DA Regional Executive Director Crispulo Bautista said on Tuesday that some 2,504 rice farmers from the towns of San Narciso and San Marcelino in Zambales, have started claiming financial assistance this month as compensation for their income loss due to a drop in the selling price of palay and increasing cost of fertilizer and other farm inputs. Under the special provisions of the RCEF, the RFFA progr
The House Committee on Agriculture and Food approved on Wednesday, Aug. 31, a substitute bill for the proposed measure to establish the Bataan Crop Research and Development Center, which would be a “one-stop shop” for farmers’ training and consultation.
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PALAY PRODUCTION. Central Luzon, the country's rice granary, remains the top producer of palay in the country in the first quarter of 2022. The region produced 772,855 metric tons of palay, contributing 17 percent to the country's output. (File photo courtesy of DA-3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Central Luzon, the country's rice granary, remained the country's top producer of palay in the first quarter of this year. Based on the latest data of the Philippine Statistics Authority-Regional Statistical Services Office-Central Luzon (PSA-RSSO III), the region produced 772,855 metric tons of palay, contributing 17 percent to the country's output. The production volume is higher compared to the 699,044 metric tons during the same period last year. The double-digit increases in the volume of palay production in the provinces of Aurora, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, and Pampanga contributed to the increase in the region's overall palay production by 10.6 percent. On the ot