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Gov't mulls insurance subsidy for hog raisers to boost pork supply

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 01:11 PM

Authorities are studying a proposed insurance subsidy for commercial hog raisers in a bid to boost the supply of pork, prices of which recently spiked, an official said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Metro Manila gets fresh shipment of 2,000 hogs to pull down prices

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 11:23 AM

A fresh shipment of 2,000 hogs from Mindanao has been shipped to Metro Manila to address a supply shortage of pork and bring down its prices, in line with President Rodrigo Duterte's order, Malacañang said on Wednesday.    Read more »

Palace seeks food summit to curb prices of pork, rice

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 11 05:07 PM

Is another food summit necessary to curb the runaway prices of staples or could the government instead adopt a plan formulated in 2018?  Read more »

Executive branch calls for Food Security Summit over fluctuating prices

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 03:59 PM

he Executive branch is calling for a Food Security Summit to address the fluctuations in the prices of some staple food items, Malacañang said on Wednesday.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 9, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 11:37 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Until stocks last

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 08:19 PM

Pork vendors sell frozen stock at Kalentong Market in Mandaluyong on Tuesday after the government enforced a price cap on their products. Read more »

Agri dept 'building up cases' vs pork price manipulators

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 06:37 PM

The agriculture department said on Monday it was "building up cases" against those who deliberately pushed up the prices of pork, which was blamed on a supposed supply shortage. Read more »

Palace urges sellers to refrain from pork holiday

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 05:06 PM

Malacañang on Monday urged sellers to refrain from mounting a pork holiday despite their reported losses over a price ceiling.    Read more »

Agri department assures enough food supply for MECQ areas

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 04:24 PM

MANILA - There is enough food supply for Metro Manila and nearby provinces that reverted to a stricter modified enhanced community quarantine, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said Tuesday as some households resorted to panic buying of goods.   Read more »

Curb climate change, protect environment to prevent future pandemics, countries told

Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jul 07 05:27 AM

Land degradation, wildlife exploitation, intensive farming and climate change are driving the rise in diseases that, like the coronavirus, are passed from animals to humans, United Nations experts said on Monday. Read more »

PH gov't halts 300,000 MT rice importation due to sufficient supply

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 29 05:50 PM

“Wala na pong rice importation munang mangyayari. Sapat po ang ating supply ng bigas," Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said in a Palace press briefing. Read more »

Mexican farmers give away tomatoes as demand squashed by coronavirus

Sharay Angulo, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 10:11 AM

MEXICO CITY - Mexican tomato farmers are so hard pressed to sell their product at home or abroad due to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak that they have had to donate some of their produce to food banks or use it to feed cattle. Read more »

'Plant, plant, plant': 6,000 urban farming starter kits ipapamahagi sa QC

Lyza Aquino, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 30 07:10 AM

Nakatakdang mamigay ang lokal na pamahalaan ng 6,000 urban farming starter kits sa mga residente sa Quezon City.   Read more »

Farm from home pushed to ensure food in pandemic times

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 04:20 PM

Filipinos are encouraged to grow food from their homes, from urban gardens to backyard tilapia farms, as millions adjust to the new normal because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the science department said Wednesday. Read more »

Piglets aborted, chickens gassed as pandemic slams meat sector

Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters
Posted at Apr 28 08:30 AM

With the pandemic hobbling the meat-packing industry, Iowa farmer Al Van Beek had nowhere to ship his full-grown pigs to make room for the 7,500 piglets he expected from his breeding operation. Read more »

From truck drivers to farmers, vegetable industry in northern Luzon hits roadblock

Text and photographs by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 24 10:57 PM

A once-thriving vegetable farming industry in northern Luzon is feeling the effects of a sweeping, unforgiving new normal.  Read more »

Agriculture dept eyes 'urban agriculture' to augment food supply

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 23 10:33 PM

Measures are being studied in anticipation of changes in the export of goods in a “new normal” situation or after the COVID-19 pandemic is contained, a top agriculture official said Thursday. Read more »

G20 to ensure 'sufficient' food supply during pandemic

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 22 09:50 AM

G20 agriculture ministers on Tuesday pledged to ensure "sufficient" global food supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic as the UN warned the number of people facing acute hunger globally could nearly double. Read more »

Higit 1 buwan sa lockdown: Suplay ng pagkain nananatiling sapat, ayon sa IATF

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 05:51 PM

"Sa madaling salita: may pagkain po tayo at di po tayo mauubusan ng suplay sa ating mga merkado," ani IATF spokesman at Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles.  Read more »

Home gardening blooms around the world during coronavirus lockdowns

Christopher Walljasper and Tom Polansek, Reuters
Posted at Apr 20 02:49 PM

People around the world are turning to gardening as a soothing, family-friendly hobby that also eases concerns over food security as lockdowns slow the harvesting and distribution of some crops. Fruit and vegetable seed sales are jumping worldwide. Read more »