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Landbank adopts risk mitigating measures

By Iris Gonzales | May 14, 2012 - 12:00am

State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) continued to adopt measures to mitigate risks of lending to small farmers and fisherfolk, its top official said over the weekend.

Business

DA allots P415M for irrigation, various agri projects in Samar

By DA Information Service | July 3, 2011 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is investing an initial P415 million in Samar to jumpstart the development of its agriculture and fisheries sector, as part of the recently launched Northern Samar convergence agro-enterprise...

Agriculture

Banks find mandatory loan for agri-agra too high

By Lawrence Agcaoili | July 29, 2010 - 12:00am

The banking community is up in arms over the mandatory credit allocation to the agricultural sector through agrarian reform and agri-agra activities citing the 25 percent level is “too high” for the...

Business

Food sufficiency targets on track

May 10, 2010 - 12:00am

This refers to a news item in the May 3 issue of the Philippine Star titled “ Low agri output GMA’s biggest failure - Diokno.”

Letters to the Editor

DA allots P1.5 billion for lending

By Marianne V. Go | March 20, 2010 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is setting aside P1.5 billion from the P4.5-billion Agricultural Guarantee Fund Pool (AGFP) as emergency fund for crop damage resulting from the series of typhoons and the drought...

Business

News Analysis: Philippines expects bigger rice harvest amid global crisis

March 10, 2009 - 12:41am

MANILA (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government has raised its allocation for agriculture to support the ambitious plan of rice self-sufficiency, but analysts said it remains debatable whether the increased budget can...

Agriculture guarantee fund reaches P3.68 billion

By Marianne V. Go | February 21, 2009 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Contributions to the Agricultural Guarantee Fund Pool (AGFP) from the National Government, government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) and government financial institutions (GFIs) have...

Business

Rural sector badly needs farm-friendly measures

January 30, 2009 - 12:00am

Let me thank your associate editor, Ms. Marichu Villanueva for mentioning in her column (“Resolve,” 01/02/09) the farm-friendly measures that the Department of Agriculture (DA) is endorsing for congressional...

Letters to the Editor

Yap lauds House move to strengthen Agri-Agra Law

By Delon Porcalla | December 21, 2008 - 12:00am

Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap over the weekend hailed the approval by the House committee on agriculture of a measure that would compel banks to pump more loanable funds into the farm and fisheries sectors.

Headlines

Landbank urged to release P600 M for rice farmers

By Marianne V. Go | August 25, 2008 - 12:00am

Business