JEDDAH: Chefs from around the world have been feeling the heat this week as they battle it out in a live cookery contest at Foodex Saudi. The event, titled “Salon Culinaire 2022,” is being held as part of the annual trade exhibition for the food and drinks industry at the Jeddah Center for Forums and Events, which opened on Monday. The contest is being organized by the World
Harvesting tuna in General Santos City. (Screengrab from DA) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) is inviting foreign investors to look for opportunities in the country's agriculture and fisheries sector, particularly tuna. "We are proud exporters of tuna. We send this high-quality fish from General Santos City in Mindanao to the various parts of the world like the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan their sashimi are from the Philippines," DA spokesperson Noel Reyes said in a virtual press briefing on Thursday. Agriculture Secretary William Dar is participating at the five-day Gulf Food Hotel and Equipment Exhibition and Salon Culinaire (Gulfood) at Dubai World Trade Centre, United Arab Emirates until Thursday to take on the global stage in promoting the country's agricultural products. "The fisheries sector also presents advantageous business ventures with Philippine waters stocked with unlimited fish supplies, and aquaculture as an emerging and promisi
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has showcased the country’s coconut industry and other farm products during the 2022 Gulf Food Hotel and Equipment Exhibition and Salon Culinaire (Gulfood) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a statement issued on Feb. 15, DA Secretary William Dar encouraged com
Traditionally an agricultural country classified as a middle-income economy and, commonest perceived to be mostly raking in hefty dollars by way of its fresh and processed tropical fruits, the number one export of the Philippines to the Middle East and North Africa
Bilateral merchandise trade between Qatar and the Philippines in the first nine months of 2021 stood at $179.02mn, according to the Department of Trade and