DA to get 44% fund increase in Marcos’ first budget
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will get a P102.15 billion budget in 2023 under the proposed outlay of the Marcos administration, a 44% increase from this year’s P71 billion.
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Napapaligiran ng dagat pero nag-aangkat: Joel Villanueva aghast at salt shortage in PH
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva expressed alarm Saturday (August 27) over the Department of Agriculture’s admission that salt is in short supply in the Philippines.
Let Marcos stay as agriculture chief until end of his term – Piñol
The Philippines may not have a “farmer king” but is lucky to have President Marcos who prioritizes the the country’s agriculture sector, according to former Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol.
WATCH | Senators grill resigned DA exec on sugar import mess
Sinabon ng ilang senador si dating Department of Agriculture Undersecretary Dr. Leocadio Sebastian sa isinagawang pagdinig ng Blue Ribbon Committee dahil sa maling akala.
WATCH | Balik DA! Marcos appoints Domingo Panganiban as agri usec
Usec. Domingo Panganiban had been agriculture secretary twice – during the Estrada administration and Arroyo government.
Domingo Panganiban returns to DA as undersecretary
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administered the oath of office to Domingo Flores Panganiban as Undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture in Malacañang on August 12.
Sinapawan si Marcos! Vic Rodriguez expands powers of DA exec in sugar importation mess
The mess over the resolution supposedly approving the importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar could be traced not just to verbal order given by Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez, but the additional powers he gave to Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian.
Recto wants savings from barangay polls postponement allocated to agriculture programs
House Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Ralph Recto has filed a measure seeking the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) and earmark the generated savings therefrom to priority programs of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Farm-to-market road masterplan eyed to enhance food security
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants the Department of Agriculture (DA) to develop a farm-to-market road (FMR) masterplan that would serve as a roadmap for the government’s efforts to advance food security and strengthen rural communities.
Marcos: ‘We have to rightsize the DA’
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday emphasized the need to rightsize the Department of Agriculture (DA) to effectively and efficiently carry out the agency’s mandate and functions.
