Farming

Coffee bean pricing perks up prospects for PH farmers

Consumers may soon pay more for their daily cup of joe as supply woes brew…

BIZ BUZZ: Rice farmers go high-tech

Good news for rice producers: a mobile application is under way to help palay (unmilled…

Rural workers’ group pushes for palay floor price

A group of rural workers’ advocates urged the Philippine government to impose a floor price…

BIZ BUZZ: DA execs take on new roles

Women’s Month may be over, but two women in agriculture have stepped into new roles…

For 2nd straight year, Philippines exporting sugar to America

The Philippines is exporting raw sugar to the United States later this year to stabilize…

Coconut, IP bodies boost ancestral lands

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

How technology can benefit farmers

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

Collaboration formed to curb methane emission in rice farming 

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

We need to adopt high-density farming now

With our limited land and increasing global competition, it is imperative that we apply high-density…

DA standardizing inspection of foreign farm suppliers

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is crafting the guidelines for the inspection of foreign entities…