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YEARENDER: Agri sector suffers full brunt of climate change

By Marianne V. Go | December 27, 2011 - 12:00am

The agricultural sector in 2011 felt the full impact of climate change, which thwarted plans by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to raise rice and corn production this year, then moving on to rice self-sufficiency...

Business

DA hoping agri sector will do well next year

By Marianne V. Go | December 26, 2011 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is hoping that 2012 will be a good year for the agriculture sector as the department hopes to finally see results from its preparatory work done this year.

Business

P60-B DA budget pushed

By Marianne V. Go | July 12, 2011 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture needs a budget of P50 billion to P60 billion to enable it to increase agricultural and fisheries production, National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) president Emil Q. Javier...

Business

Philippines set to import 1.2M MT rice in 2011

By Marianne V. Go | November 16, 2010 - 12:00am

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the country would still have to import around 1.2 million metric tons of rice next year following another lowering of the projected palay (paddy rice) output this...

Business

Department of Agriculture pushes P58-billion budget for next year

By Marianne V. Go | July 26, 2010 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) will try its best to defend its request for a P58-billion budget for 2011, even as the Department of Finance and Budget and Management want to extend a much lower budget

Business

DA needs bigger funding for RP rice-sufficiency program

By Marianne V. Go | July 22, 2010 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) needs more than P20 billion for its rice program next year if the country is to attain rice self-sufficiency in three years.

Business

DA sets 2.5% growth target for agri sector

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

The Department of Agriculture (DA) will strive to attain a 2.5-percent growth in the agricultural sector this year in spite...

Agriculture

Crop damage due to drought hits P11 billion as of March 1

By Marianne V. Go | March 3, 2010 - 12:00am

Crop damage due to the ongoing drought has climbed to P11.19 billion as of March 1 from the P7.02 billion reported as of Feb. 22, according to the latest report prepared by the Department of Agriculture’s Central...

Business

Drought damage estimated at P2.8 billion

By Marianne V. Go | February 19, 2010 - 12:00am

Some P2.84 billion worth of crops have been damaged by a prevailing drought in Luzon and the Visayas, according to a report dated Feb. 16 by the Department of Agriculture’s Central Action Center (DAC...

Business