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                    [Title] => Mindano fruit growers want DA to liberalize agro-chemical trade
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY – Mindanao fruit producers are asking the Department of Agriculture (DA) to liberalize the importation of agro-chemical products.


Antonio Partoza, president of the Mindanao Fruit Industry Development Council, (Minfruit Council) said the competitiveness of  fruit growers in the region are being undermined  by the "outrageously exorbitant" prices of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides,  a major component of  their production costs.


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                    [Title] => Angara wants Mindanao to have bigger share of AFMA budget
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY –  Sen. Edgardo Angara is pushing for a bigger allocation for Mindanao  under the Agricultural Fisheries and Modernization Act (AFMA).


Angara, who spoke at the Mindanao Food Congress spearheaded by the multisectoral group Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM), said   he is pressing Congress which is now discussing the proposal to extend the lifespan of AFMA for another five years to ensure that Mindanao, which accounts for more than 40 percent of  the country’s total food production, gets enough funds.


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                    [Title] => Cargo handlers hit port charges disinformation
                    [Summary] => The Philippine Chamber of Arrastre and Stevedoring Operators (PCASO) composed of cargo-handling operators nationwide has assailed a disinformation campaign to the effect that President Arroyo has ordered a 20 percent rollback of the port cargo handling charges.


In a press statement issued yesterday, PCASO said President Arroyo has not ordered any rollback contrary to published reports during the 4th Mindanao Food Congress held recently at Cagayan de Oro.


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                    [Title] => Low transport rate for agri products backed
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo has directed Transportation and Communications Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez to study the proposal of the Mindanao agricultural sector for the lowering of cargo handling rates of agricultural products.


The proposal was made by Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor during the recently concluded Mindanao Food Congress held in Cagayan de Oro City.


It was also brought up in a series of meetings attended by the Mindanao Business Council, the Coalition of Shipping and Port Modernization and other business and private transport organizations.


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                    [Title] => GMA okays release of P2 M for victims of ‘Auring’
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo ordered Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor yesterday to release P2 million in financial assistance to 3,100 farmers in the Caraga region, whose crops and livestock were destroyed by typhoon "Auring" this week.


Speaking before the third Mindanao Food Congress hosted by the Mindanao Business Council at the Butuan City Gymnasium yesterday, Mrs. Arroyo said the P2 million will be used to buy rice, corn, vegetable seeds and hogs for distribution to the farmers.


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                    [Title] => Arroyo junks Erap’s ‘1-M hectare’ plan
                    [Summary] => President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said yesterday she was junking the "one-million hectare-one million jobs" agricultural program which former President Joseph Estrada launched before he was ousted last month.


Mrs. Arroyo said the P225-billion budget deficit she inherited from the Estrada administration would not allow such an ambitious program. 


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                    [Title] => RP declares trade war vs Australia
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A similar action has been taken against Belgium last month, when government
filed a trade complaint with the WTCO protesting Belgium's move to ban the
entry of Philippine tuna products.

Belgium ordered the pullout of all Philippine tuna products after discovering
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MINDANAO FOOD CONGRESS

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Antonio Partoza, president of the Mindanao Fruit Industry Development Council, (Minfruit Council) said the competitiveness of  fruit growers in the region are being undermined  by the "outrageously exorbitant" prices of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides,  a major component of  their production costs.


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Mrs. Arroyo said the P225-billion budget deficit she inherited from the Estrada administration would not allow such an ambitious program. 


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A similar action has been taken against Belgium last month, when government
filed a trade complaint with the WTCO protesting Belgium's move to ban the
entry of Philippine tuna products.

Belgium ordered the pullout of all Philippine tuna products after discovering
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