Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. threw his support behind hog raisers' calls for higher pork import tariffs, saying the Department of Agriculture (DA) would do what it can to ease mounting losses among local producers squeezed by cheaper imp... See more
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has welcomed a $34.1-million grant from the United States to develop the Philippines' ube industry, complementing a separate P300-million government initiative to expand production as global demand for the purple yam gro... See more
The Department of Agriculture and Davao City-based Avante Agri-Products Philippines Inc. have joined hands to ship two container loads of buko (young coconut) to Liberia, a humanitarian initiative that could open a new international market for the country... See more
The Department of Agriculture opened a solar- and wind-powered modular cold storage facility and a P51.5-million slaughterhouse in San Jose, Camarines Sur that is expected to reduce post-harvest losses, improve meat-handling services, and expand income op... See more
Philippine pineapple and abaca fibers took the global spotlight at AgriThreads: From Farm to Sustainable Fashion Innovation Challenge, a featured session of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) World Food Forum (WFF) 2026 flagship event in Rome, ... See more
