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"We continue to increase lending to our priority sectors which include  small farmers and fisherfolk, microenterprises and SMEs, agri-business, agri-infrastructure, agri-related projects, livelihood and environment-related pro-jects," said Landbank acting president and chief executive officer Gilda E. Pico.


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                    [Title] => Onion glut makes growers weep
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) is stepping up measures to prop up onion prices, which dropped to a low of P5 per kilo last week due to an excess in supply.


Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. said yesterday he would tap a P10-million credit window from the Quedan Rural and Credit Guarantee Corp. (Quedancor) to help onion growers establish post-harvest facilities and marketing support.


The onion glut is causing the steady decline in prices. Last week, it dipped to only P5 per kilo from about P12 per kilo in previous weeks.
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                    [Title] => DA asked to allot P1-B proceeds of PL 480 for corn industry dev’t
                    [Summary] => A large group of corn producers are asking the Department of Agriculture (DA) to allocate the proceeds of the P1-billion PL 480 2001 corn commodity loan from the US to fund projects identified by the GMA Corn Program. 


Philippine Maize Federation Inc. (PMFI) Roderico R. Bioco said redi-recting the money to bankroll projects under the GMA Corn Program will help corn farmers recover from the slump in corn prices last year which resulted with the arrival of about 209,000 metric tons (MT) of corn from the US. 


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"We continue to increase lending to our priority sectors which include  small farmers and fisherfolk, microenterprises and SMEs, agri-business, agri-infrastructure, agri-related projects, livelihood and environment-related pro-jects," said Landbank acting president and chief executive officer Gilda E. Pico.


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Landbank lends P77.4B to agri-based sectors

By Rocel Felix | May 12, 2006 - 12:00am

The Landbank of the Philippines (Landbank) increased its lending to agri-based sectors in the first quarter this year to P77.4 billion which represents 65 percent of the bank’s total loan portfolio of P119...

Business

Onion glut makes growers weep

By Rocel Felix | March 27, 2004 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is stepping up measures to prop up onion prices, which dropped to a low of P5 per kilo last week due to an excess in supply. Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. said yesterday...

News Commentary

DA asked to allot P1-B proceeds of PL 480 for corn industry dev’t

By Rocel Felix | June 12, 2003 - 12:00am

A large group of corn producers are asking the Department of Agriculture (DA) to allocate the proceeds of the P1-billion PL 480 2001 corn commodity loan from the US to fund projects identified by the GMA Corn Program....

Business