Tag: Agriculture
Farmers express doubt over Marcos’ qualification as agriculture chief
“I think the problem is severe enough that I decided to take on the portfolio of Secretary of Agriculture," said Marcos
To bring down price of rice to 20 pesos per kilogram...
“If the plight of the farmers will not be addressed ... everyone else in the country will starve"
Okay, city boys, start planting, raising fish
Good idea. A city boy planting rice in his living room would take a hundred days to harvest.
Promote sustainable agriculture
Agriculture has only contributed .02% to the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) in the last decade in the Philippines
Restoring damaged land key to climate, biodiversity goals
Global food systems are responsible for 80 percent of deforestation and 70 percent of freshwater use, said a new UN report
Tens of thousands of farmers vow defiance over India laws
Tens of thousands of farmers vow to remain defiant against the government over controversial agriculture laws
Philippines approves commercial use of genetically engineered rice
Golden Rice will be initially deployed in areas with high prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency by the third quarter of 2022
NGO warns against impact of Philippines’ propagation of ‘golden rice’
The Bureau of Plant Industry has issued a biosafety permit on July 21 allowing local farmers to grow the "golden rice"
Priest blames massive corn plantations for flooding in northern Philippines
"Erroneous” agricultural practices are blamed as among the reasons why disasters hit many areas in northern Luzon
Nothing to celebrate on World Food Day, say Filipino farmworkers, activists
Activists in the Philippines and other poor countries dubbed the day "World Hunger Day", and during the pandemic, "World Foodless Day"
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