QUEZON CITY, January 27, 2022 – The Department of Agriculture (DA) put forward the Balanced Fertilization Strategy (BFS) Program to sustain crop production as the increasing prices of fertilizer still looms. Most fertilizers’ prices, particularly phosphates and urea, soared since…
December 21, 2021 | Quezon City - The hike in fertilizer prices is a global trend and not in the Philippines alone. Economic analysts and fertilizer companies in the United States (US) shared that the trend will continue until 2022. Expecting…
QUEZON CITY, December 15, 2021 – The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) Philippines said it will donate Quick Impact Projects (QIP) to farmers and fisherfolk of the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program. New…
PALAWAN, December 6, 2021 – The Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program reported an obligation of 84% of its FY 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) allotted fund amounting to Php 1.49 billion (Table 1) during…
QUEZON CITY, December 1, 2021 - The Department of Agriculture (DA), the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) and the Fertilizer Industry Association of the Philippines (FIAP) convened via zoom virtual meeting on November 17, 2021 to tackle rising fertilizer prices.…
SIQUIJOR, November 9, 2021 – A total of 175 farmers from Siquijor received Php 10.7 million worth of interventions for livestock (cattle and goat) and poultry (chicken) production from the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD)…
NEGROS ORIENTAL, November 3, 2021 – Eighty-five (85) farmers from Negros Oriental will venture into goat meat or chevon processing after attending three training activities from the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program. The training,…
SORSOGON, September 10, 2021 – Thirty-two (32) farmers belonging to the Agta Tabangnon community in Brgy. Gimagaan, Donsol Sorsogon completed a season-long Farmers’ Field School (FFS) on Vegetable Production Technology on September 8. All graduates are members of the Gimagaan…
KALINGA, September 10, 2021 – The Tongrayan Indigenous Peoples (IPs) of Tinglayan, Kalinga were awarded Php 10,800,100 worth of agricultural projects as livelihood assistance aimed at establishing community-based enterprises from the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) of the Department…
QUEZON CITY, August 30, 2021 - The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) planned its last year of implementation, 2022. The SAAD national and regional staff met physically and virtually in an event conducted…