NegOcc turns over almost P5-M crop insurance fund to PCIC
The Negros Occidental provincial government has released P4.92 million to the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) as additional allocation for farmers’ premiums.
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Author: Reymar Latoza
Agreement to address anti-competitiveness practices, signed
Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) Chair Arsenio Balisacan signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Department of Agriculture and PCC to protect local agriculture and food on October 1, 2019.
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DA intensifies foreign relation with US
Agriculture Secretary William Dar expressed his appreciation to the government of the United States (US) for allowing the shipment of young coconuts to the US, stressing that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is set on establishing more market opportunities for Filipino coconut farmers.
Read MoreDA, DTI, swine industry players discuss arrangement amid ASF concern
“We have to arrive at a win-win arrangement,” Agriculture Secretary William Dar said before Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez and the members of the Philippine Association of Meat Processors, Inc. (PAMPI) and hog raisers’ groups, during a dialogue held on October 9, 2019 in Manila.
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DA forges ties with seed growers coops to rollout distribution of rice seeds under RCEF
Agriculture Secretary William Dar signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with top Seed Growers’ Associations and Cooperatives in the country to ensure the supply of high-quality inbred rice seeds under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program on October 1, 2019.
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