Archive for October, 2008

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Municipal fisheries, aquaculture up in Q2

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Fisheries production actually went up in the second quarter of 2008 compared to the same period last year as a result in part of the series of interventions carried out by the Arroyo government to sustain the expansion of this primary growth driver in the agriculture sector. The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Bureau [...]

DA pressed to resume onion import permit issuance for 200 permits to avert price hikes

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

The government should start resuming issuance of import permit for onion in order to avert any spike in price in the market which may be unfavorable to consumers and likewise impute a blame on farmers. Onion farmers belonging to the SIPAG (Sibuyas ng Pilipinas ay Alagaan) Foundation Inc. are pressing the Department of Agriculture Bureau [...]

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