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                    [ArticleID] => 1301275
                    [Title] => DA honors top rice producers
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The country’s top rice-producing municipalities, cities and provinces, farmers and irrigators’ associations, and agricultural workers were honored last Friday, March 14,  by the Department of Agriculture  in an awarding ceremony  held at the Resorts World Manila.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1300247 [Title] => UN-FAO distributes certified seeds to Phl farmers [Summary] =>

Farmers in several areas in typhoon-damaged Samar would be harvesting palay (unhusked rice) within the first half of the year after planting certified seeds provided by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1299744 [Title] => NFA may import 800,000MT rice [Summary] =>

The Philippines is inclined to import around 800,000 metric tons (MT) of rice this year for buffer stocking during the lean season.

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img14/9416/nfa2.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1279593 [Title] => DA says 2013 palay production to exceed 2012 output [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects last year’s palay (unhusked rice) production to have exceeded the 2012 production  level despite the damage inflicted by Typhoon Yolanda on Visayas rice lands, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img5/5353/mmy6.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1276587 [Title] => Agri damage due to Yolanda estimated at P31 B [Summary] =>

Agriculture production damage caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas has now risen to P31.13 billion with the coconut subsector sustaining the greatest damage.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img19/8137/5lqs.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1272591 [Title] => DA now pushing hybrid rice [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now encouraging farmers to invest in hybrid rice seeds to enable the rice sector to recover from production loses after the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas and Typhoon Santi in Central Luzon this year.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img62/3572/4unz.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1259321 [Title] => Agri damage hits P9.73B [Summary] =>

Damage sustained by the agriculture sector from the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda has risen to P9.73 billion, with the rice subsector incurring the highest damage in terms of value.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1240338 [Title] => DA, NFA deny further rice import plans [Summary] =>

Agriculture officials yesterday dispelled rumors that the National Food Authority (NFA)  plans to import 100,000 metric tons (MT) of rice in the coming months to curtail the influence of a rice cartel that manipulate prices.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1239955 [Title] => DA to limit rice imports [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) remains steadfast on keeping rice importation to a minimum despite an apparently strong lobby to increase rice imports.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1238914 [Title] => Sindikato umaaray sa policy ni Alcala [Summary] =>

UMAARAY na raw ang mga sindikato ng bigas sa mahigpit na patakaran ng Department of Agriculture  laban sa rice importation.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133395 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804793 [AuthorName] => Al G. Pedroche [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) ) )
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