Cebu province insures farmers, fishermen | Inquirer NewsThe Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) recently distributed insurance certificates worth P100 million to a thousand farmers and fishermen in northern Cebu. Alberto Divinagracia of PCIC Central Visayas said this is the first in the entire country that the provincial government insured farmers and fishermen as well as continue reading : Cebu province insures farmers, fishermen

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BSP guidelines put teeth into Agri-Agra law | Inquirer BusinessThe Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has issued the necessary guidelines to implement the new and stricter Agri-Agra law amid protests from the country’s banking sector. The law’s amended version, Republic Act No. 10000, calls for stricter implementation of the provisions of the law that is meant continue reading : BSP guidelines put teeth into Agri-Agra law

Effective and pro-poor budgeting | Inquirer BusinessAgriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala should be congratulated for seeing through the 54-percent increase in the Department of Agriculture’s 2012 budget, which the executive branch proposed to Congress. This was a welcome turnaround from last year’s proposal of a 12-percent decrease. However, we must ensure that the budgeting of this continue reading : Effective and pro-poor budgeting

DA and Negros Occidental launch P180-M crop insurance program | Official Gazette of the Republic of the PhilippinesAn August 14, 2011 press release by the Department of Agriculture The Department of Agriculture and the Province of Negros Occidental, recently launched a P180-million crop insurance program that is expected to benefit 10,000 rice farmers. The joint continue reading : DA and Negros Occidental launch P180-M crop insurance program

Farmers to be paid by PCICRICE and corn farmers whose crops were damaged by Typhoon Juaning last week will soon get damage claims from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC).In a report to Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, PCIC President Jovy Bernabe said the firm will pay the damage claims faster than the usual 20-day claim continue reading : Farmers to be paid by PCIC

Government to speed up payment for crop damagesTHE Philippines’ sole agricultural insurance provider said it will speed up payments to rice and corn farmers whose crops were damaged by Tropical Storm “Juaning” (international codename: Nock-ten). The state-led Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) said it will pay damage claims by farmers faster than the usual 20-day continue reading : Government to speed up payment for crop damages

DAILY STAR: Top StoriesSecretary Proceso Alcala yesterday announced the Department of Agriculture’s allocation of P126.7 million in assistance to Negros Occidental to boost its crop production. Alcala was in Bacolod City yesterday for the distribution of crop insurance to 1,510 of 10,000 rice farmers to be covered by the Negros First Universal Crop Insurance Program, continue reading : DA gives Negros multi-million aid

10,000 Negros farmers covered by P180-million insuranceAT LEAST 10,000 farmers in the province are now assured of P180-million insurance coverage from the Department of Agriculture, Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental. Agriculture Secretary Proseso Alcala, PCIC president Jovy Bernabe and Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. led the initial continue reading : 10,000 Negros farmers covered by P180-million insurance

PCIC speeds up payment to farmers for Typhoon Juaning losses | Official Gazette of the Republic of the PhilippinesAn August 5, 2011 press release by the Department of Agriculture The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), the sole agricultural insurance provider in the country, has committed to speed up payment for crop damages sustained by rice continue reading : PCIC speeds up payment to farmers for Typhoon Juaning losses