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MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has allowed canners to import frozen bonito more than two weeks after he ordered a temporary import suspension of the fish, following reports that imported fish stocks are diverted to the wet markets.
MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has ordered the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to account for millions of missing coffee seedlings following disclosure from a farmers’ group that funds were allocated for the revitalization of the industry.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines might have to import up to 60,000 metric tons of onions as 45 percent of plantations are affected by harabas or armyworm infestations that worsened due to El Niño, according to the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI).
MANILA, Philippines — The country has recorded an increase in local milk production and a decrease in milk importation, according to the National Dairy Administration.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered the suspension of onion imports as the farmgate price of white onions went down to P18 per kilo amid the flooding of imported bulbs.
MANILA, Philippines — The reorganization in the Department of Agriculture is now in full swing as newly installed Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. wants to introduce reforms in the DA, according to farmers’ group Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI).
LOOKING at an opportunity to reverse the losses to African Swine Fever (ASF), farmer groups welcome a plan by the House of Representatives to allocate P1.5 billion for vaccine procurement to permanently contain the disease.
MANILA, Philippines — Farmers’ group Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) president Danilo Fausto yesterday backed the possible appointment of fishing tycoon Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. as next secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA).