Social Media Ideas for Farmers In The Philippines

More farmers adopt modern technologies, says NFA  

MANILA, Philippines — More farmers are embracing modern farm machinery and technologies as the government pushes to boost agricultural productivity, National Food Authority (NFA) A...

Philippine rice growers on front lines of climate change fight

Purple harvest: Safeguarding the future of the ube industry

As demand for ube surges worldwide, Leyte farmers call for laws that may help stop raw ube from being sold abroad

South Cotabato hog raisers rue fall of farmgate price

KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — Hog raisers in South Cotabato province deplored the cheap buying of live pigs with farmgate prices falling by at least 20 percent in t...

Land disputes stall Basilan road projects, leave farmers paying price

Despite the regional government’s push to expand Basilan’s road network, nearly 70% of ongoing projects face delays or abandonment due to unresolved family inheritance disputes and...

Philippine rice output risks 30% collapse as ‘super’ El Nino strengthens

In the fields of central Luzon, farmers who planted their rice in June are watching the sky with worry. Out over the Pacific, a familiar spectre is gathering strength – and with it...

Access to credit, qualified borrowers key to agri dev’t

A country’s agriculture bank should address its agriculture needs. A critical need is for the Philippines to increase our exports. This means more jobs and less poverty, which are...

Dalaguete vegetable farmer on motorbike shot, killed

A 29-year-old farmer was shot dead in a violent ambush while driving his motorcycle loaded with baskets of fresh vegetables on Thursday evening, September 3, in Barangay Nalhub, Da...

Cavite’s last traditional salt makers hold onto dying industry

Without adequate support from government for sophisticated machinery, salt makers are unable to keep up with the industry demand

DA opens first seaweed bioreactor facility to boost exports

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has opened the country’s first bioreactor facility in Sorsogon to further grow seaweed production and exports. The agency s...

Kidapawan vendors decry imported meat influx

KIDAPAWAN CITY, NORTH COTABATO, Philippines — The influx of imported meat into supermarkets and malls in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, is hurting the local hog and meat industry,...

Farmer Dies After Being Attacked by His Own Carabao in Negros Occidental 

Farmer Passes Away After Being Attacked by His Own Carabao A 38-year-old farmer lost his life after he was reportedly attacked by his own carabao in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental. ...

Philippines: chicken production reaches record high, while farmgate prices decline

Chicken production in the Philippines reached a new second-quarter record in 2026. Higher supplies of chicken and eggs coincided with lower farmgate prices during the quarter, whil...

DA boosts mushroom industry with Silang enoki project

MANILA, Philppines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is backing Filipino-owned Basic Necessity Inc.’s investment to expand local enoki mushroom production and cut import depende...

Can REDD+ deliver for Philippines’ Iraya Mangyan?

PUERTO GALERA, Philippines — Before sunrise, Bernito Pampilo shoulders a backpack carrying a mobile phone, flashlight and enough food — he hopes — for a day’s patrol through the fo...

Digital-PINAS, PLDT, Smart Transform Laguna Farmers, Fisherfolk, Small Biz Owners into Digital Entrepreneurs

Over a hundred farmers, fisherfolk, and small business owners across the province of Laguna are now ready to

From Economic Strength to Political Voice: Philippine Cooperative Movement Unites to Drive National Governance

Representing millions of member-owners across 16 Regional Coop Chambers from the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to CARAGA, the

Filipino food agency steps up enforcement and controls

The food agency in the Philippines has revealed the results of stricter enforcement measures in the first half of this year.The country's Food and Drug Administration faced challen...

Mindanao traders bat for mobile banking for informal sector

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Traders attending the 35th Mindanao Business Conference here are pushing for mobile banking innovations to boost the region’s P2-trillion agricultural economy...

Floods damage crops in Cotabato town

KIDAPAWAN CITY — Floods spawned by heavy to moderate rains have damaged rice and corn fields and mature rubber trees in Antipas, North Cotabato, a disaster official said. Joven Deb...

129 market stall owners in Batac City get livelihood aid after fire

SAN ILDEFONSO, ILOCOS SUR, Philippines — A total of 129 stall owners affected by the fire that hit the City of Batac Public Market in Ilocos Norte last July 5 received livelihood a...

US-led Philippine tech hub faces opposition from indigenous people

DA pushes higher tariffs on select meat products

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) aims to impose additional tariffs on certain meat products and chicken curry to protect the Philippine agriculture sector....

P61-M food terminal breaks ground in Bohol town

TAGBILARAN CITY, BOHOL, Philippines — A P61-million Regional Food Terminal for farmers and fisherfolk broke ground Friday, August 7, in Barangay Poblacion Weste, Catigbian, Bohol,...