Farm mismanagement: Onion crisis
The onion crisis should be a wake-up call for Marcos. It was a problem that could have been prevented. But he allowed it to happen.
Agriculture damage due to Karding rises to P3B
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said Typhoon Karding’s damage to agriculture is nearly P3 billion.
The politics of sugar
The Philippines is the ninth largest producer of sugar in the world and the second largest in Southeast Asia, next to Thailand.
Rice sufficiency
President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr., sitting as the country’s farm secretary, wanted rice and corn production increased in the remaining months of the year to stave off a looming food crisis.The cost of rice per kilo–the main staple–is projected to rise by three...
DA requests for P8-10 billion increase in 2022 national budget
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking at around a P8-10 billion increase in the agency’s P91-billion 2022 budget, according to DA Assistant Secretary Noel Reyes.