Importers of agricultural products will be subjected to more stringent rules, such as the submission of utilization reports, after the Department of Agriculture (DA) ordered regulatory agencies to implement additional guidelines aimed at curbing smuggling. Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio S. Sebastian, the department’s current OIC, issued Memorandum Order (MO) 31, which…
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to launch the DBP Seedbank