Agriculture

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…

How technology can benefit farmers

In 2011, former corporate employee Wilmar Ompoc of Bukidnon decided to make farming his source…

PhilRice develops yogurt product infused with rice bran

One may be familiar with black rice, brown rice, glutinous rice or red rice. But…

FAO, Japanese gov’t join hands to help BARMM fisherfolk

The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will implement a $4.79-million project backed by…

Save the municipal fishers

Action must be taken immediately to save our municipal fishers. This is because the Supreme…

Collaboration formed to curb methane emission in rice farming 

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is collaborating with Japanese firm Sagri Co. Ltd. and…