Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
MANILA, Oct. 13 (PNA) --Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap has ordered the delivery of some 69,000 metric tons (MT) of vegetables from lowland areas to Metro Manila in a bid to fill the reported shortfall in the supply of the products as a result of the destruction of agriculture-producing provinces in northern Philipines brought about by typhoon Pepeng.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... in the south to fully benefit from and sustain such rich biodiversity," Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said in a statement. According to MRDP Program Director Lealyn A. Ramos, the national government and the Washington-based funding agency have recognized the urgency to salvage the marine and forest resources of Mindanao. "We are proud that our biodiversity here is among the world's richest,...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Advanced rice imports to help ease RP inflation Joann S. VillanuevaMANILA, Nov.3 (PNA) – The government’s decision to import rice in advance will help ease pressure of prices on the domestic economy as well as in the faster rise of inflation. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap earlier said the Department of Agriculture planned to import the country’s 2010 rice requirements as early as possible...
Pinoy x-sa KSA (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... face fairer prices,” PSE president Francis Lim said during the signing with Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap.“Price transparency allows our farmers to get better prices for their produce as intermediation costs are reduced. Traders, end-users and consumers will also benefit as prices shall now be determined at the national level, unlike in the present scenario where price discovery can be...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... lifting of the ban. "The recommendation is now awaiting the approval of Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap," said Fondevilla. The DA official ...
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
“We are not very far from another rerun of 2008 prices,” Arthur Yap, the Philippines’ Agriculture Secretary, said at a conference in Cebu, central Philippines today. Higher oil prices may push up fertilizer costs, boosting prices further, he said.Food price protests swept the globe from Bangladesh to Haiti last year after fears of supply shortages prompted producers including India and Vietnam...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
MANILA, Oct. 25 (PNA) -- Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap and His Excellency Choi Joong Kyung, South Korean Ambassador to the Ph'ilippines, on Saturday led the groundbreaking ceremonies of a state-of-the-art rice processing complex (RPC) in Pilar, Bohol, together with top officials of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), DA and local executives.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... Room of Malacanang this morning. Among those present were Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap, Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo and Undersecretary Berna Romulo-Puyat. Accompanying Kenney and Vilsack were Senior Adviser Max Holtzman, Economic Counselor Brian Doherty and Press Secretary Caleb Weaver. Vilsack announced the assistance will be provided under...
Department of Agriculture (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... at a meeting in Manila with Philippines President Gloria Arroyo and Secretary of Agriculture Arthur Yap. The commodity donations will provide food to an estimated 438,000 people for 60 days. "The United States understands the importance of international assistance in the aftermath of disasters like the typhoons that recently hit the Philippines," Vilsack said. "The food aid I am announcing...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... to further strengthen trade and investment ties between the two countries. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said the itinerary of the Vilsack-led mission includes agricultural briefings; laboratory tours and a palay harvesting activity on Sunday at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna; a milk and biscuit distribution in a public elementary school...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
MANILA, Oct. 16 (PNA) - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo directed yesterdayday Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap to expedite the distribution of seeds to farmers to ensure food supply and productivity, particularly in the North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle (NLAQ).
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... designed to raise public awareness on the issue. During the meeting, Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap and Environment Secretary Lito Atienza joined the discussion on climate change and deliberated on what needs to be done in the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference slated to be held in Copenhagen in December. Leape likewise praised the President for encouraging private sector...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... marketing and organic farming initiatives. The President, assisted by Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, handed over to the winners their respective Presidential citations, Gawad Saka trophies, and more than P2-million worth of cash prizes and project grants, in fitting ceremonies at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City. This year’s roster of achievers was led...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... is expected to help ease the living condition of the farmer beneficiaries. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, Negros Occidental Governor Isidro Zayco, 4th District Rep. Jeffrey Ferrer, Bago City Mayor Ramon Torres, National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Carlos Salazar, Bago City Vice Mayor Nicolas Yulo, and Federation of Irrigators’ Association of Central Negros-Bago River...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... dollars). More than 13 billion pesos of the damage was in agriculture. Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said the government was expected to lower the growth target for the sector in 2009 due to the huge losses from bad weather. "With the full extent of the damage, we are likely to downgrade 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent," he said. The government initially expected farm output to expand between...
