Iloilo is a step closer to declaring a province-wide state of calamity because of a pest outbreak that has caused an estimated P1.181 billion in damage to sugarcane farms. Read more »
A student-led initiative from the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) has received a SGD5,000 seed grant to pilot an aquaponics project for coastal communities in Miagao, Iloilo. Read more »
Hinoba-an, the southernmost town in Negros Occidental, is expecting stronger demand for its hogs after receiving a Recognition of Active Surveillance on African Swine Fever (RAS-ASF) from the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry. Read more »
Negros Occidental has decided to adopt an environmentally friendly strategy to address the growing infestation of the Red-Striped Soft Scale Insect (RSSI), opting against the use of aerial chemical spraying. Read more »
The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), in partnership with the Philippine Root Crop Research and Training Center, has distributed more than 60,000 purple yam planting materials worth P2.6 million to over 900 farmers in Leyte and Bohol. Read more »
A shipment of 35,000 bags of well-milled rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) has arrived in Cebu, marking the start of the province’s participation in the government’s P20 per kilo rice initiative, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced Tuesday, May 13. Read more »
