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[Title] => RP to lift ban on US bone meal
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - Manila may soon lift an 8-year old ban on ruminant meat and bone meal (MBM) from the United States, a senior official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Tuesday.
[DatePublished] => 2009-10-27 20:01:35
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[Title] => NGOs oppose plan to transfer CIIF to DA
[Summary] => Several non-government organizations are opposing an alleged plan to transfer the Coconut Industry Investment Fund (CIIF) from the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and to divert part of the estimated P50-billion coco levy to fund the controversial P8.4 billion Agusan Valley Reserve Area Development project of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-01 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rocel Felix
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[Title] => Aquaculture
[Summary] => Ranking officials of international donor agencies and institutions supporting and working on aquaculture and related fields in Asia and the Pacific began their three-day meeting in the country yesterday, confident that these areas can be fully harnessed to help boost food security in the region.
"Aquaculture is the wave of the future," asserted former Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Q. Montemayor as he set the tone of the top level "Regional Consultation on the Role of Aquaculture and Living Aquatic Resources: Priorities for Support and Networking".
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-01 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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[Title] => Research paves way for entry of RP mangoes to US market
[Summary] => JORDAN, Guimaras — Now it can be said: Research has played a pivotal role in the entry of Philippine mango to the United States market.
Key players in this success story were scientists and institutions that put their collective scientific expertise and resources together to neutralize a pest (fruit fly) that had for years stood as roadblock to the local mango’s penetration into the huge mango market.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-29 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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[Title] => No anthrax beef entered RP - DA
[Summary] => Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Q. Montemayor assured the public yesterday that no Australian beef, reportedly contaminated with the deadly virus anthrax has entered the country even as he ordered a stringent watch of forthcoming cattle imports from Australia.
Montemayor ordered the adoption of precautionary measures in view of the anthrax outbreak in Australian cattle. Anthrax is a contagious deadly animal disease and can kill a cattle in just 24 to 48 hours.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-28 00:00:00
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[Title] => Better times await banana industry
[Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna — Better times now await the country’s banana industry.
Basis of this optimistic projection is the recent turnover of new improved banana varieties to the government by a Rome, Italy-based international institute.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-24 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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[Title] => DA submits P6-B foreign-assisted projects for NEDA okay
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) has submitted for approval 47 foreign-assisted projects worth P6 billion to the Investment Coordinating Committee of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-15 00:00:00
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[Title] => Top Bananas
[Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – An international institute has transferred 16 improved varieties of Musa (banana) from its germplasm collection to the Philippines through the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Samples of the banana genetic materials were presented to DA by the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP) at the opening day (Oct. 28) of the five-day annual general meeting of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) being held in the country.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-10 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
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[Title] => Wider trade with Syria, Iran eyed
[Summary] => The Philippine government is eyeing wider bilateral trade and technical cooperation in agriculture with Syria and Iran after their respective agriculture officials met recently with Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Q. Montemayor.
Montemayor disclosed that in separate meetings with Syrian Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Noureddin Mona and Iran Deputy Minister and Head of Agriculture Extension Office (AREO) Rill Behzad Ghareyazie, he pushed for an increased in exports of tropical fruits, coconut products and carrageenan from the Philippines to both countries.
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[Title] => House to pass P5-B fund for agri credit
[Summary] => Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Q. Montemayor hailed Speaker Jose de Venecia’s assurance of the approval of a bill on the P5-billion guarantee fund for the enhancement and more widespread availability of agricultural credit.
"This development will further boost the Macapagal-Arroyo administration’s productivity program in the agricultural sector in support of palay harvest poised to hit 13.11 metric tons which is 1.2 percent higher than last year's 12.95 million metric tons," Montemayor said.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-10 00:00:00
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[AuthorName] => Ramon Ma. Epino
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