APRIL 17 and 18 were incredibly bad days for the Philippines agricultural sector and the quest for food security and food affordability for all of us who have watched prices at the grocery store or market steadily increase week after week. The damage that was done may not be apparent now, but it will be in the coming months if something is not done to fix it.
THE government is preparing new measures to combat the steep rise in commodity prices, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda). The President has issued Administrative Order (AO) No. 20, which instructed the Department of Agriculture (DA) to take the lead in streamlining administrative proceduresand policies on the…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told the Department of Agriculture (DA) to promote the ease of doing business in the country and get rid of non-tariff barriers t
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DESPITE assurances by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. that the country has sufficient buffer stock of rice in the aftermath of typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri), the Department of Agriculture (DA) will still push through with importing 1.3 million metric tons of the staple to ensure the food supply until the end…