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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Philippine agriculture department has lifted the temporary ban on meat and bone meal imports from the U.S. as global health authorities has certified that incidence of mad cow disease in this country has been controlled. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said Tuesday that the World Animal Health Organization or the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) has adopted a resolution...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Philippine agriculture department has lifted the temporary ban on meat and bone meal imports from the U.S. as global health authorities has certified that incidence of mad cow disease in this country has been controlled. Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said Tuesday that the World Animal Health Organization or the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) has adopted a resolution...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
