Floods slow Ivory Coast cocoa harvest agriculture flood floods Ivory+Coast cocoa harvest weather
HEAVY RAINS in Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing areas are slowing the harvesting and sales of beans and farmers say they’re worried about black-pod disease rotting...
Brexit-bound UK withdraws from fishing agreement agriculture Brexit UK fishing agreement
BRITAIN said Sunday it is to withdraw from a 50-year-old agreement allowing some foreign countries to fish close to the UK coastline, fulfilling a...
Brazil farmers bag up soy as glut leaves no room at the bin agriculture...
BRAZILIAN farmers are discovering a downside to becoming one of the world’s top producers of soybeans: they’re running out of room to store all...
UN’s FAO gearing up for role in Marawi rehab agriculture UN FAO Marawi rehab
AGRICULTURE Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said he briefed senior officials of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on assistance and rehabilitation efforts...
Davao City mixed-use zoning ordinance creating problems for farms caught in residential buildup agriculture...
DAVAO CITY -- The revised Davao City Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) and Zoning Ordinance, which was approved in 2013, has created confusion and...
Coffee stakeholders want industry council, pricing system agriculture coffee pricing system DTI
DAVAO CITY -- With the National Coffee Roadmap 2017-2022 in place, stakeholders are now aiming to establish an industry council within the year and...
ASEAN investments sought for agribusiness, manufacturing agriculture ASEAN investment investments manufacturing DAVAO CITY
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Assistant Secretary Arturo P. Boncato in an interview said with the Philippine chairmanship of ASEAN, it is now...
NFA seeks tougher import permit regime for agriculture agriculture NFA import imports permit
THE NATIONAL Food Authority (NFA) and the Bureau of Customs (BoC) have agreed to strictly implement the anti-agricultural smuggling act, and crack down on...
Land reform rules hamper credit
IDEA agriculture land reform IDEA RESTRICTIVE conditions set by past agrarian reform laws have prevented farmers from reaping the full benefits of land ownership,...
Davao City mixed-use zoning ordinance creating problems for farms caught in residential buildup
DAVAO CITY -- The revised Davao City Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) and Zoning Ordinance, which was approved in 2013, has created confusion and...
Coffee stakeholders want industry council, pricing system
DAVAO CITY -- With the National Coffee Roadmap 2017-2022 in place, stakeholders are now aiming to establish an industry council within the year and...
