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MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Vice President, Department of Education (DepEd), Department Of Information And Communications Technology (DICT), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will not receive confidential funds, the House Committee on Appropriations said on Tuesday.
Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to strengthen government support for agricultural workers to help ensure food security in the country while also expressing his support to the current efforts of the department as well as its proposed budget and programs for the next year.
The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) officials, United States (US) government officials, and Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) members convened on October 3, 2023 for an open forum and networking lunch as part of the US and BCIU’s agriculture mission to the Philippines.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has assured that the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians will have minimal effect on local agriculture production in the country.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of Agriculture (DA) to utilize the excess collections of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) to assist rice farmers and boost the country's rice production and supply.
Prices of regular and well-milled rice have been stable since the implementation of Executive Order (EO) No. 39, which sets the price ceiling on the two varieties of rice in the market, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Retail prices of local rice are seen to drop to at least P36 per kilogram before the end of October, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday.
Department of Agriculture (DA) officials today said that the rice production has increased with the country obtaining 52 days-worth of rice supply by the end of September.