Manila should improve its logistics infrastructure to “optimize” the Philippines’s shipments of bananas and pineapples to Japan, according to Sembikiya Fruit Co. Ltd. The company, considered one of Japan’s oldest fruit shops that imports from the Philippines, said it is experiencing logistics issues and is having difficulties importing local fruits. Company President Hiroshi Oshima made
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) signed an agreement to implement a P6.6-billion project that seeks to boost farm productivity of indigenous peoples (IP) in Mindanao. The DA and NCIP signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to implement the Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development…