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                    [Title] => Farmers need market access more than subsidy
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) believes that farmers need to establish direct linkages and expand their access to retail markets, rather than rely on government subsidy to boost their incomes. 


Director Ricardo Cachuela of the Bureau of Post Harvest Research and Extension, said direct market access eliminates the trading layers that jack up the cost of basic food stuff. 


Cachuela said "providing subsidies for farmers to help boost their productivity is also among the priorities of the DA."


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                    [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go
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                    [Title] => Pardo market among top 5 markets in RP
                    [Summary] => The Pardo Public Market received P500,000 worth of prizes for being one of the five top national winners of this year's "Search for Huwarang Palengke" initiated by the Department of Agriculture.


DA-7 chief of the agribusiness and marketing assistance division Geraldine Franza revealed that the Talamban Public Market was also a finalist in the search that only covers public markets in urban centers. 


The criteria of the contest were: Observance to consumer protection laws, 25 percent; prices of goods, 25 percent; structure, hygiene and sanitation, 50 percent. 


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                    [Title] => Prices of vegetables remain stable — DA
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) said prices of vegetables and other agricultural products have remained steady despite the weekly increases in the prices of fuel in the last three weeks.


The DA said that based on the reports of the monitoring teams of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) and Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS) that  summed up prevailing prices in 24 markets, including selected Huwarang Palengke outlets in the metropolis, there has been no remarkable spike in food prices.    


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                    [Title] => Hog farmers hail Yap appointment as jobs czar
                    [Summary] => The National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc.(NFHFI)  hailed President Arroyo’s decision to create the Office of the Presidential Adviser for Job Creation (OPAJC) and to appoint former Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap as its head.


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                    [Title] => DA prepares measures to cushion impact of EVAT
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) is lining up measures to cushion the impact of the expanded Value Added Tax Law (EVAT) which takes effect on Nov. 1. 


"We are fast-tracking development programs to accelerate products‚ easy accessibility and to increase productivity in an effort to lessen the impact of the EVAT on the agriculture and fisheries sectors," said Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban. 


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                    [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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                    [Title] => Touch Mobile, DA tie up for text services
                    [Summary] => There are many variables that can affect agri-businesses which in turn, affect the price of agriculture commodities. Chief among these is the weather which can impact heavily on a farmer or a fisherman’s earnings. Extreme fluctuations in the weather have been known to drive up the price of vegetables and other produce. It is imperative therefore, for them to always be apprised of changes in local weather conditions, and conversely, for consumers to always know the prices of their products.      


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                    [Title] => 5 public markets get awards
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo awarded yesterday  the "Huwarang Palengke, Mura Na, Malinis Pa" award to five public markets in Metro Manila in recognition of their outstanding efforts to enhance agri-business activities and maintain prices of agricultural products and other prime commodities at affordable levels.


The President gave certificates of recognition and P.5 million worth of assistance from the Deaprtment of Agriculture to each of the winners chosen from among 60 contending markets.


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                    [Title] => Where’s the Filipino heart?
                    [Summary] => It is  in the little people, the ordinary man and woman in the street, in the market, in the work place. It is in them, who care sincerely and feel for their fellowmen. We met some of them at the Farmers’ Market in Quezon City sometime ago. We encountered another two when we visited the Muntinlupa Public Market mid-week. In the course of monitoring prices, it is gratifying to have met our namesake, Lydia, who with daughter Jeng maintains a meat stall in the market. We didn’t realize that each stall displays  a list of controlled (by the DTI) prices for shoppers to refer to.
                    [DatePublished] => 2005-03-27 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133209
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1479322
                    [AuthorName] => Lydia Castillo
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HUWARANG PALENGKE

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Director Ricardo Cachuela of the Bureau of Post Harvest Research and Extension, said direct market access eliminates the trading layers that jack up the cost of basic food stuff. 


Cachuela said "providing subsidies for farmers to help boost their productivity is also among the priorities of the DA."


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DA-7 chief of the agribusiness and marketing assistance division Geraldine Franza revealed that the Talamban Public Market was also a finalist in the search that only covers public markets in urban centers. 


The criteria of the contest were: Observance to consumer protection laws, 25 percent; prices of goods, 25 percent; structure, hygiene and sanitation, 50 percent. 


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The DA said that based on the reports of the monitoring teams of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) and Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS) that  summed up prevailing prices in 24 markets, including selected Huwarang Palengke outlets in the metropolis, there has been no remarkable spike in food prices.    


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"We are fast-tracking development programs to accelerate products‚ easy accessibility and to increase productivity in an effort to lessen the impact of the EVAT on the agriculture and fisheries sectors," said Agriculture Secretary Domingo F. Panganiban. 


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                    [Summary] => There are many variables that can affect agri-businesses which in turn, affect the price of agriculture commodities. Chief among these is the weather which can impact heavily on a farmer or a fisherman’s earnings. Extreme fluctuations in the weather have been known to drive up the price of vegetables and other produce. It is imperative therefore, for them to always be apprised of changes in local weather conditions, and conversely, for consumers to always know the prices of their products.      


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The President gave certificates of recognition and P.5 million worth of assistance from the Deaprtment of Agriculture to each of the winners chosen from among 60 contending markets.


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