Agriculture - Matches

Despite the huge irrigation investments, the performance of the Philippine irrigation sector has barely improved through the years. This Policy Note r..

Irrigators’ associations (IAs) that collect service fees from rice and corn planters tend to perform better than the ones subsidized by the gove..

National irrigation systems (NIS) are crucial to the Philippine agriculture sector. Currently, they account to about half of the area that supply rice..

Despite massive efforts and funding to support irrigation development, the increase in irrigated areas has been minimal in the Philippines, particular..

MANILA, Philippines — Farmers and fisherfolk are now covered by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), although the Department of Social..

The average dealers’ price of four fertilizer grades went up on an annual basis in April, according to the latest report by Philippine Statistic..

This study assesses the implementation of selected agribusiness venture arrangements (AVAs) and identifies the prerequisites needed to ensure that the..

A NEARLY FLAT farm output marked the first quarter, slowing from a small increment a year ago, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Thurs..

THE sustained expansion of the livestock and poultry subsectors buoyed the country’s first-quarter farm output, which grew at a slower pace as E..

ECONOMISTS expect production of agriculture — which contributes a tenth to gross domestic product (GDP) and a fourth of jobs in the country &mda..

Rice farming in Nueva Ecija remains in business despite a report from the state weather bureau that the province and 48 others are suffering from a dr..

Reelectionist Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny Angara” on Tuesday renewed his call for more young people to engage in agriculture, saying the s..

MANILA, Philippines — Public investments in agriculture and infrastructure in rural areas are crucial in efforts to eradicate extreme poverty an..

MANILA — The declared policy of the newly signed Republic Act (RA) 11203 or Rice Tariffication Law, now with issued implementing rules and regul..

LOCAL economists have cautioned the government against setting a floor or ceiling price for rice prices under a post-Quantitative Restriction (QR) reg..