Philippine Star

Philippine consumers are aware of biotechnology benefits and do not have safety concerns with GMO, a recent survey by the Asian Food Information Centre (www.afic.org) shows.

The AFIC survey covered five Asian countries, namely China, India, Japan, the… Read the rest

Manila Times

In an apparent move to beat the December 31, 2008 expiration of the country’s land reform program, the comprehensive agrarian reform program (CARP), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Nasser Pangandaman recently ordered the department’s regional and satellite… Read the rest

Philippine Star

The Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) is leading an effort to revive the local bamboo industry which promises to provide millions of dollars in export revenues for the country and presents huge potentials for rural and agriculture development.… Read the rest

Conrad Cariño
Manila Times

Various agriculture experts say the Philippines would not be experiencing a rice shortage at all, if the right moves had been done.

Had her administration prioritized agriculture spending during the past years, the problems the… Read the rest

Des Ferriols
Philippine Star

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has scaled down its economic projection for the Philippines amid slowing exports, soaring prices and deteriorating external conditions.

In its 2008 Asian Economic Monitor, the ADB said growth in the… Read the rest

Joyce Pañares
Manila Standard

President Arroyo yesterday lifted a two-year ban on the conversion of lands, except rice farms, into non-agricultural purposes.

Mrs. Arroyo signed Administrative Order 226-A, which reduced the scope of the moratorium on the conversion of… Read the rest

Joel Pagsanghan
Philippine Daily Inquirer

In Mount Canatuan, Zamboanga del Norte, Subanon chieftain Jose Anoy looks on helplessly as a mining company tears up the sacred land of his forefathers. The place was declared by law to be the… Read the rest

Ira Karen Apanay
Manila Times

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has released a study revealing that land degradation is intensifying in many parts of the world and 33 million Filipinos are among the 1.5 billion… Read the rest

Conrad M. Cariño
Manila Times

Official blames high prices of fertilizers for crisis

Barely recovering from a rice crisis, the country faces a major corn shortage that could cause a domestic shortfall in meat products and force the closure… Read the rest

Bobit S. Avila
Philippine Star

While others may say that it is too premature to conduct a postmortem on why the Comprehensive Land Reform Program (CARP) failed, however I do believe that for all intents and purposes CARP is… Read the rest