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Local agricultural producers led by the Swine Development Council (SDC) have threatened to stage a five-day “market holiday” if the Bureau of Customs (BOC) fails to address the unabated smuggling of agricultural goods.    

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 560012 [Title] => Agriculture coalition submits 'wish-list' to next president [Summary] =>

The Alyansa Agrikultura, a farmer-fisherfolk coalition of 42 national and local federations and organizations representing all the major agriculture sector, has submitted a “wish-list” for an agri-fishery action agenda to all presidential candidates in the May elections.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 73249 [Title] => Gov’t urged to reject NAMA proposals [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 396281 [Title] => NGO worried over possible entry of Japanese investors in fisheries [Summary] => Non-governmental organization Tambuyog Development Center has expressed concern about Japanese investments in the fisheries sector, fearing possible abuses based on liberal terms provided in the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). 
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379865 [Title] => Taiwanese shrimp growers to share knowhow, invest in RP [Summary] => Taiwanese shrimp growers, particularly of the Pacific white shrimp variety or P. vannamei, are now eager to share their knowledge in the cultivation of the variety in the Philippines following the recent lifting of the ban on its importation and cultivation.

According to officials of the Manila Economic Cooperation Office (MECO) in Taipei, the cultivation of Pacific white shrimp is one of the areas of cooperation and investment interest that the Philippine and Taiwanese governments are working on.
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Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap finally signed and issued yesterday Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 225 which lifts the six-year ban on the importation and culture of the Pacific white shrimp.
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BFAR Director Malcolm Sarmiento, in a memorandum to Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban dated June 16, 2006, said the agency is strongly opposed to the proposal and asked that any action on BFAR be deferred until 2008.
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Non-government organizations like Tambuyog Development Center (TDC) which are providing inputs to the RP-WTO negotiators in the ongoing WTO talks in Geneva, said the developed countries’ proposal on NAMA has not changed since the last ministerial conference in Hong Kong last December and in the resumption of talks last March.
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[DatePublished] => 2006-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Swine producers threaten to stage 5-day 'market holiday'
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Local agricultural producers led by the Swine Development Council (SDC) have threatened to stage a five-day “market holiday” if the Bureau of Customs (BOC) fails to address the unabated smuggling of agricultural goods.    

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 560012 [Title] => Agriculture coalition submits 'wish-list' to next president [Summary] =>

The Alyansa Agrikultura, a farmer-fisherfolk coalition of 42 national and local federations and organizations representing all the major agriculture sector, has submitted a “wish-list” for an agri-fishery action agenda to all presidential candidates in the May elections.

[DatePublished] => 2010-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 73249 [Title] => Gov’t urged to reject NAMA proposals [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 396281 [Title] => NGO worried over possible entry of Japanese investors in fisheries [Summary] => Non-governmental organization Tambuyog Development Center has expressed concern about Japanese investments in the fisheries sector, fearing possible abuses based on liberal terms provided in the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). 
[DatePublished] => 2007-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379865 [Title] => Taiwanese shrimp growers to share knowhow, invest in RP [Summary] => Taiwanese shrimp growers, particularly of the Pacific white shrimp variety or P. vannamei, are now eager to share their knowledge in the cultivation of the variety in the Philippines following the recent lifting of the ban on its importation and cultivation.

According to officials of the Manila Economic Cooperation Office (MECO) in Taipei, the cultivation of Pacific white shrimp is one of the areas of cooperation and investment interest that the Philippine and Taiwanese governments are working on.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 379016 [Title] => RP to lift ban on white shrimp imports [Summary] => The Philippines is finally lifting the six-year ban on the importation and culture of the Pacific white shrimp (Peneaus vannamei) which some local shrimp growers warn carries a harmful disease that could adversely affect the local shrimp industry.

Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap finally signed and issued yesterday Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 225 which lifts the six-year ban on the importation and culture of the Pacific white shrimp.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 349534 [Title] => Plan to downgrade BFAR into staff bureau opposed [Summary] => The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is at odds with the Department of Agriculture (DA) over plans to downgrade the agency from a line bureau to a mere staff bureau, saying this would wipe out significant gains made by the fisheries sector, especially aquaculture.

BFAR Director Malcolm Sarmiento, in a memorandum to Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban dated June 16, 2006, said the agency is strongly opposed to the proposal and asked that any action on BFAR be deferred until 2008.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345331 [Title] => RP to maintain WTO stance despite standoff in talks [Summary] => The standoff in the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks will be detrimental to developing countries but the Philippines is keeping its stance to push for the elimination of domestic and export subsidies of developed countries.
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Non-government organizations like Tambuyog Development Center (TDC) which are providing inputs to the RP-WTO negotiators in the ongoing WTO talks in Geneva, said the developed countries’ proposal on NAMA has not changed since the last ministerial conference in Hong Kong last December and in the resumption of talks last March.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 341543 [Title] => Seafish warning: Asean-China FTA to offset gains in WTO negotiations [Summary] => The Southeast Asian Fish for Justice Network (SEAFish) has warned that efforts to shield the Philippine fisheries sector in the negotiations at the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) agreement of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is being negated by the country’s commitments in the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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