Agriculture

Systems, not people, can minimize corruption

It is systems, rather than people discovering corruption and filing cases, that can best minimize corruption.…

PH imported 20.8% more pork, beef in ’24

Meat imports reached 1.45 million metric tons (MT) in 2024, surpassing the volume recorded in…

BIZ BUZZ: Rice prices going down, but not yet P20/kilo

President Marcos has yet to fulfill his campaign promise of lowering rice prices to P20…

PCA, Naturloop explore fiberboard venture

The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and Swiss firm Naturloop AG are in talks to explore…

Implementation is key to agriculture success

Unless private sector monitoring of the agriculture budget implementation is done, agriculture development will suffer.…

Coconut, IP bodies boost ancestral lands

The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) are working…

Sugar substitute importation rules coming soon

The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is finalizing the rules for importing sugar alternatives after reaching…

Rice stocks up, but corn cache down

The country’s rice stockpile increased by 6.4 percent as of Jan. 1 from the past…

USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON DC — The US Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as…

Blunders and bloopers: A legacy of failed government lending programs for farmers

Farmers are the backbone of our country’s food security aspirations. Assisting them, therefore, is not…