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Libreng pagsasanay sa urban farming alok ng isang gov't agency

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Updated as of Feb 16 06:30 PM

Isang ahensiya ng gobyerno ang nag-aalok ng iba-ibang pagsasanay sa urban farming. Read more »

DA: Kuneho maaaring maging alternatibo sa karne ng baboy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 15 03:45 AM

Ito'y sa gitna ng pangamba sa African swine fever. Read more »

DV Boer investor: 'Paiwi' program a smart investment but was mismanaged

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 29 05:13 PM

Seve Barnette, an overseas Filipino worker who claims to have invested in DV Boer farm's Pa-iwi Program, considers the program as a smart investment.But he believes it was mismanaged somewhere down the line.   Read more »

Trouble brewing in Cavite town’s local coffee industry

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 26 05:47 PM

A myriad issues have put Amadeo's coffee farmers on edge, and a turbulent Taal has only served to heighten their worries. Read more »

China's farmers reap rich harvest through video-sharing apps

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 03:32 PM

Creating videos has become a popular sales tactic for Chinese farmers: the clips show increasingly discerning consumers the origins of the product and provide a window into rural life that captures audience imagination. Read more »

Somalia hit by worst desert locust invasion in 25 years

Giulia Paravicini, Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 03:50 AM

The locust plague has been made worse by unseasonably heavy rainfall and floods across East Africa that have killed hundreds of people in the past several months. Read more »

Crops in the clouds: The rise of rooftop farming in space-starved Hong Kong

Marianne Bray, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 05 12:33 PM

Social enterprise Rooftop Republic is spearheading a movement to turn Hong Kong's idle rooftops and urban spaces into farms to help residents reconnect with nature and make the finance hub more liveable.   Read more »

Farmers say African swine fever issue contributed to drop in unhusked rice prices

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 12:08 AM

Aside from hog raisers and meat processors, the African swine fever problem is now seen to be affecting local rice farmers as well. Read more »

Harry Roque loses 20 pigs to African Swine Fever

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 20 02:49 PM

Former presidential spokesman Harry Roque's dream of having his own lechon business is being threatened by African Swine Fever. Read more »

Duterte says won't honor sale of land given to agrarian reform beneficiaries

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 08:56 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte rejected Thursday the sale of land given to agrarian reform beneficiaries, saying he won't honor such contracts.   Read more »

From phone makers to farmers: The toll of the US-China trade war

Reuters
Posted at Aug 24 10:45 AM

The world's two largest economies, China and the United States, on Friday exchanged blows in the latest escalation in their trade war that has roiled supply chains and whipsawed financial markets. Read more »

The day lifestyle diva Martha Stewart planted rice in Pampanga

Ces Oreña Drilon
Updated as of Aug 24 09:34 AM

The food and lifestyle maven was toured by some of the province’s proud sons and daughters, introducing her to the country’s culinary soul. With the superstar chef—who she knows as the country’s best—leading the way, she took a liking to Tocino Del Cielo and orange jelly. Read more »

Hey dreamers, it’s time we go back to the farm

Warren de Guzman
Posted at Aug 13 06:04 PM

Our search for better, easier, more convenient solutions and living conditions have led to very real changes in the countryside—and they’re not very good changes. What’s the solution? Self-sufficiency would be a step in the right direction. Read more »

Farmers group seeks better financing to boost agriculture

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 07 09:44 AM

Banks should consider providing financing options to farmers despite risks to help grow the agriculture sector, Alyansa Agrikultura chairman Ernie Ordonez says. Read more »

This drone can plant 30 kilos of seeds in under an hour

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 06:20 PM

This drone can spread around 30 to 40 kilos of certified seeds in under an hour. The Department of Agriculture sees this as a solution to areas where farmers are scarce. Read more »

Millions of small pig farmers in Asia threatened by swine fever outbreak

Thin Lei Win, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Jul 03 08:12 AM

ROME, Italy—Millions of small-scale pig farmers across Asia risk falling into poverty due to the rapid spread of African swine fever, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Read more »

Mangoes for P20 to P50 per kilo: Agri department sets bargain sale amid surplus

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 11 05:35 PM

MANILA - The agriculture department said Monday it is selling mangoes at a discounted price amid a supply surplus. Read more »

'Robin the salesman': Padilla volunteers to be Agriculture poster boy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 11 05:09 PM

Actor Robin Padilla has volunteered to become the face of the Department of Agriculture, its chief said Monday. Read more »

Farming advocates dig deep in effort to save QC land from commercial conversion

Patrick Quintos
Updated as of Jun 01 08:57 PM

One of the last few green breathing spaces in Metro Manila, located in UP Diliman, is under threat from land conversion. Read more »

El Niño crop damage reaches P7.9 billion, says agri dept

Kori Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 02 08:24 PM

The estimate spans 277,890 hectares of agricultural area, affecting some 250,000 farmers and fisherfolk. Read more »