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MANILA – Through Administrative Order 4, Series of 2016, the Department of Agrarian Reform has adopted recommendations from a recent study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the effectiveness of agribusiness venture arrangements (AVAs) in improving the socio-economic conditions of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs)...

Food demand to rise strongly in coming decade; production gains alone will not suffice to eradicate hunger - action needed 4 July 2016, Rome - The recent period of high agricultural commodity prices is most likely over, say the OECD and FAO in their latest 10-year Outlook. But the two organisations warn...

Manila – As the country braces for the onset of La Niña by October, experts from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) convened a National La Niña Action Planning Workshop to cushion the agriculture sector from potentially devastating impacts. The Philippine...

PAMPANGA – Rice farmers in Central Luzon are seeing a glimmer of hope after successive natural disasters swept their crop fields in 2015. About 18 900 of them who were able to re-plant their damaged farms with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership...

ILOILO  – Drones were flown over agricultural areas in drought-stricken Iloilo Province to advance aerial assessment procedures and inform disaster preparedness and response efforts. The mission was deployed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a follow on to...