SMARTSeas PH Project aims to arrest marine resource degradation
DAVAO CITY -- Small-scale fishermen, whose livelihoods depend mainly on municipal waters, require expanded fishing territory due to the continued degradation of the marine habitat, according to Vincent V. Hilomen, project manager of SMARTSeas PH.
Japan’s Aeon to sell TADECO bananas under agri best-practices label
DAVAO CITY -- Japanese retail group Aeon Co. Ltd. is including Philippine bananas sourced from Tagum Agricultural Development Company, Inc. (TADECO) for a special product line recognizing companies with Global Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) Certification.
Davao summit to roll out apps for farmers, halal
DAVAO CITY -- A mobile application that will help farmers connect directly with buyers will be one of the new technologies that will be introduced during the 2018 LivEx, an innovation summit organized by ICT-Davao, Inc., to be held here on Oct. 22.
DA to expand MAV imports of chipping potatoes
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) will implement a unilateral minimum access volume (MAV) on chipping potatoes at 25,000 metric tons (MT) starting Oct. 25 which would bring down tariff rates to 3% from 40% within that volume.
China says hog prices to rise ahead of Lunar New Year amid swine fever...
BEIJING -- China’s hog prices are set to rise ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday in February as outbreaks of African swine fever hit supply, the country’s agriculture ministry said on Friday.
China has ample soybean supplies, big price moves seen unlikely
BEIJING -- China has ample supplies of soybeans and significant price fluctuations are unlikely, a senior agriculture ministry official said on Friday.
Global dairy prices fall for fifth auction in a row on robust supply
WELLINGTON -- Global dairy prices fell for the fifth time in a row at an auction early on Wednesday as supply remained robust from largest seller New Zealand and other areas of the world.
Food industry wants unified rules for school ‘junk food’ ban
THE Philippine Chamber of Food Manufacturers, Inc. (PCFMI) said it may ask the local government department to harmonize the standard for local “junk food” bans on the sale of packaged snacks near schools.
NFA plans to keep rice supply balanced even with more imports
THE National Food Authority (NFA) said President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s order to freely import rice will not disadvantage farmers as the government will remain responsible for keeping the overall rice supply in equilibrium.
Bounty Fresh building up Indonesia chicken operation
BOUNTY FRESH Food Inc. has started building poultry feed and growing facilities in Indonesia, a company official said.
Agri dep’t opens TienDA farmers’ market in Taguig
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it opened a direct-from-farmers store in Taguig City as part of continuing measures to offer low-cost farm products to the public.
BFAR orders tracking systems for all commercial fishing boats
THE Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), said all commercial fishing vessels are subject to government tracking and must have vessel monitoring measures (VMM) and electronic reporting systems (ERS).