Philippines ́ poverty incidence is greatest in the rural areas where people rely mainly on agriculture and fisheries as their livelihood. Creating a sustainable agricultural development path means improving the…

My bold prediction is that by the end of this year or early next year, the country will be facing a full-blown food crisis if corresponding corrective measures are not…

For the first time ever, farmers the world over — all at the same time — are testing the limits of how little chemical fertilizer they can apply without devastating…

IT has become commonplace among our policymakers and media practitioners to complain why we keep on importing our food and agricultural requirements when the Philippines is an "agricultural country."

LONDON, June 7 (Reuters) - Growing food shortages may represent the same health threat to the world as the COVID-19 pandemic, a leading global health figure has warned.

Urea prices in New Orleans, Louisiana, are nearly half the level they were a couple of months ago.

As well as bringing devastation to Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s war risks tipping millions of people around the world into hunger. Russia and Ukraine supply 28% of globally traded wheat, 29% of…

In more bad news for farmers, a fertiliser that's key for crop production across the world will remain expensive for at least two years

(Bloomberg) -- For the first time ever, farmers the world over — all at the same time — are testing the limits of how little chemical fertilizer they can apply…

BY this time next week, we will know who will be the winning presidential candidate. It must be stressed though that winning an election is the mere start of the…

Albay Rep. Joey Salceda slammed the Department of Agriculture for the unabated smuggling of agricultural products – such as vegetables, fruits and meat – calling the DA the “mother of…

LAST week, the Senate conducted another hearing on the issue of smuggling of agricultural products. As usual, it has practically become an inquisition session, with the usual detractors of the…

WHILE there is substantial overlap among the concepts of food sufficiency, food security and food sovereignty, they do depart in terms of the strategy they will adopt based on the…

LAST March 19 was the third anniversary of the implementation of Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), which is much maligned by Leftist and populist groups in the country. RTL's effectivity is…

DHAKA, Bangladesh: How this poor developing country in South Asia is able to feed its people numbering around 170 million on a land area half the size of the Philippines…