DA earmarks P2.3 M for cloud seeding in Mindanao
May 22, 2014 - 12:00am
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated P2.3 million for cloud seeding operations in southern Mindanao as part of the contingency and adaptation measures for the onset of El Niño in June.
Headlines
DA: Benguet veggie frost a scheme to 'defraud' buyers
By
Camille Diola
| January 6, 2014 - 2:15pm
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Monday denied reports that frost is adversely affecting farmers' crops in several towns...
Nation
Ormoc suffers P3.2B losses in agriculture
By
Edgar Allan Vilbar
| November 28, 2013 - 12:00am
Yolanda's damage to crops and livestock in this city was estimated to reach P3.2 billion, according to the initial assessment by the City Agriculture Office recently.
Freeman Region
To continue GM crops tests, farmers call for government support
By
Ehda Dagooc
| November 2, 2013 - 12:00am
Corn farmers have called on the Philippine government to issue policies harmonious to Executive Order 430 that upholds trials of genetically modified (GM) crops, as these contribute to climate change mitigation and...
Freeman Cebu Business
Ilocos Sur to undertake P100-M soil fertility program developed by ICRISAT
September 22, 2013 - 12:00am
The local government of Ilocos Sur is investing P100 million within the next three years to implement a soil fertility program developed by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)...
Agriculture
GM crops meet int’l standards on safety – US
July 3, 2013 - 12:00am
The United States government yesterday assured that fears of consuming its genetically modified (GM) crops and agricultural...
Business
Landbank allots P2.1-B assistance loans to banana growers
December 15, 2012 - 12:00am
The Landbank of the Philippines is allotting at least P2.1 billion in assistance loans to commercial banana growers whose crops were damaged by typhoon “Pablo,” Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala ...
Headlines
Biotech crop production now a thriving industry
By
Rudy A. Fernandez
| September 24, 2012 - 12:00am
In 2011, the global market value of genetically modified (GM) or biotechnology crops hit the $13-billion mark.
Business As Usual
Floods destroy crops in Mindanao
June 18, 2012 - 11:03pm
Floods caused by rains dumped by typhoon Butchoy damaged P29.8 million ($703,759) worth of rice and corn crops in Mindanao, according to an initial report released by the agriculture department today.
EDITORIAL - Genetic engineering
May 18, 2012 - 12:00am
The debate on genetically modified organisms has moved to the eggplant, with the controversy going all the way up to the Supreme Court.
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