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“We recognize the significant role of horticulture and urban agriculture, and what it does, and its role in our nation’s food security, economic growth, and sustainability,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. said at the Pagsibol: Philippine Horticulture and Urban Agriculture Summit 2024.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) showcased culinary demonstrations by Filipino chefs as well as best practices being implemented in Rizal Park’s Urban and Rice Gardens during the launching of its Garden-to-Table Cooking Caravan in Manila on April 30.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. has approved the importation of 25,000 metric tons of pelagic fish species in the last quarter of 2024, which must arrive in the country before January 15 next year.
The “Buwan ng Kalutong Pilipino” or “Filipino Food Month” (FFM) is celebrated on the month of April every year, following the signing of Proclamation No. 469.
In line with the month-long celebration of Filipino Food Month and the Ang Sarap! Philippine Food Festival, the Department of Agriculture, through the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (DA-AMAS), hosted the 2024 Food Talks on April 27, 2024, at One Ayala Mall in Makati City.
Due to the severe impacts brought by the El Nino phenomenon in the province of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. led the inspection of farmlands at Sitio San Carlos in Barangay Central, Municipality of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on April 23, 2024.
To assist the farmers and fishers of Occidental Mindoro who have suffered greatly from the current dry spell, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and some members of his cabinet visited the province to deliver agri-fishery interventions and other support.
The Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) will require a budget of P30.1 billion to finance a four-year upgrade of over a dozen regional and subregional seaports into deep-water ports as part of the Department of Agriculture’s broader vision of transforming these facilities into agri-logistics hubs across the archipelago.