Tag: Farmers
Pension for farmers, fisherfolk proposed
SENATE majority leader Joel Villanueva is pushing for the passage of a measure that will create a social security and pension benefit program for...
PH taps solar power, hi-tech agriculture for food security
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. yesterday highlighted the use of solar power and the “best high-technology” in the modernization of the agriculture sector and in...
DA: Sale of P20/kilo rice to continue despite criticisms
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will expand the P20-per-kilo rice program to smallholder rice farmers despite criticisms.
The DA said the program will...
Agri groups back rice import ban, push tariff hike
Agricultural stakeholders welcomed the government’s plan to suspend rice imports for 60 days starting September 1, but pressed for higher tariffs to make the...
Cagayan Valley, CL farmers get to buy P20/k rice in August
Palay farmers in Cagayan Valley and Central Luzon will be among the first batch of farmers allowed to buy the P20-per-kilo rice in August,...
