The Department of Agriculture (DA) has formed a technical working group (TWG) that would oversee improvements in the government’s implementing guidelines for preventing hoarding and the manipulation of prices of farm goods. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. issued Special Order (SO) 1379 that mandated the creation of the TWG…
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has created a special task force that aims to prevent and control the spread of animal transboundary diseases. The DA issued Special Order (SO) No. 729 Series of 2023 which authorized the creation of the special task force. SO 729 was signed by Agriculture Senior…
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has made several new appointments in the Department of Agriculture (DA) and in the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) major service commands.
Malacañang released the list of new appointees on Thursday, Feb. 16.
The new appointments in the DA, which t
The opening of the Biotech Outreach Program for the Philippines kicked off with two webinars specifically intended for policymakers and the judicial branch of the Philippine government. The objective was for the participants to learn and share knowledge about the acceptance of biotechnology in the country, specifically genome-edited crops, for the improvement of the agricultural sector through sustainable means derived from new breeding innovations.