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MANILA, Philippines — The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) yesterday urged President Marcos to apply the principles of agrarian reform on public lands and distribute all agricultural areas held or owned by the government.
MANILA, Philippines — Former Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Leonardo Montemayor and other farmers’ groups yesterday backed the move of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. to implement a major revamp at the agency, after he replaced Undersecretary Leocardio Sebastian as undersecretary for rice industry development, the flagship program of the agency.
MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. vowed to support the establishment of a farm-to-market digital logistics integrated backbone system, after farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) had asked President Marcos to order its implementation.
MANILA, Philippines — The retail price of rice will continue to go up as the lowest cost of the staple was at P52 per kilo, former agriculture secretary Leonardo Montemayor said yesterday.
The idea has long been talked about, suggested and promoted by various individuals and groups, particularly former secretary Manny Piñol, but nobody in government or Malacañang was willing to pick up on the suggestion that the country should adopt solar powered stand-alone irrigation systems.
A farmers group said rice prices will go down in the next two weeks as supply increases due to the harvest.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture should not relax its guard amid the projection of a strong drought to occur later this year and likely to continue until the second quarter of 2024, former DA secretary Leonardo Montemayor warned.