In a continuing campaign to assist farmers who suffered damage from natural calamities and pests and diseases, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) recently paid seven farmers cooperatives in Nueva Ecija some P8.51 Million in indemnity payments in simple ceremonies held on January 25, 2012 at Pampanga. The seven cooperatives were: Balite Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative, continue reading : PCIC pays Nueva Ecija farmers for typhoon and pests and diseases damages
DA working with rural bankers to improve credit access
DA working with rural bankers to improve credit access – The Philippine Star » News » BusinessMANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is working with the rural banks to come up with measures to facilitate and improve access and sources of credit to the farmers and fisherfolk. In a recent meeting with the continue reading : DA working with rural bankers to improve credit access
PCIC payouts surge due to pest infestation, diseases
by: Sarwell Q. Meniano TACLOBAN CITY — Crop insurance claims by farmers in the Eastern Visayas region surged this year due to pest infestation in rice farms, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) said. As of November, PCIC had released P12 million, higher by about P3 million from last year, to 2,547 farmers in the continue reading : PCIC payouts surge due to pest infestation, diseases
PCIC Pays Insurance for Farmers in Davao del Norte
True to its social mandate of providing insurance protection to qualified farmers and other agricultural stakeholders against losses of their crops arising from natural calamities, pests and diseases, and other perils beyond their effective control, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation Region XI has awarded a total of Php 794,562.37 worth of indemnity checks to 124 continue reading : PCIC Pays Insurance for Farmers in Davao del Norte
Why farmers must insure their crops
by Jerome Carlo R. Paunan To give farmers a bird’s eye view on what crop insurance is all about, here is a brief so that during times of unforeseen disasters, farmers will not be holding an empty bag. The government’s crop indemnity program provides insurance protection to agricultural producers against loss of the crops on continue reading : Why farmers must insure their crops
Luzon farmers get P24M in crop insurance
Luzon farmers get P24M in crop insurance – The Philippine Star » Business Features » AgricultureMANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture through the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (DA-PCIC) has paid an initial P24 million as crop insurance to more than 2,700 Luzon farmers whose palay and corn crops were damaged by typhoons ‘Pedring’ and continue reading : Luzon farmers get P24M in crop insurance
Cebu’s 2nd District Agricultural Workers Get Insurance
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) joined the Provincial Government of Cebu at the Diosdado Macapagal Sports & Cultural Complex in the Municipality of Argao on 14 October 2011 for the second of a series of ceremonial distribution of agricultural insurance coverage to about 1,163 marginalized farmer and fisherfolk beneficiaries residing in the various municipalities continue reading : Cebu’s 2nd District Agricultural Workers Get Insurance
DA-PCIC starts payment for insured Northern Luzon farmers
The Department of Agriculture, through the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (DA-PCIC), has released some P24 Million to farmers in three Northern Luzon provinces as initial payout for damage to farms brought by typhoons Pedring and Quiel. Over 2,700 organized farmers from Isabela, Bulacan and Pampanga received the assistance. They were members of farmer organizations, including continue reading : DA-PCIC starts payment for insured Northern Luzon farmers
Crop insurance to employ “remote sensing technology”
Crop insurance to employ ‘remote sensing technology’ | BusinessWorld Online EditionPosted on October 24, 2011 09:16:40 PM Antonis Malagardis, GIZ-Microinsurance Innovations Program for Social Security (MIPPS) program manager, said that in 2012, GIZ will be investing in remote sensing technology that will be used to assess the rice growth in areas covered by the Area-Based continue reading : Crop insurance to employ “remote sensing technology”
DA-PCIC Starts Payment For Insured Bulacan Farmers Hit By Typhoons Pedring and Quiel
The Department of Agriculture, through the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (DA-PCIC), has released some P4.3 Million to 358 farmers in the Province of Bulacan in Region III. This is as initial payout for damages to farms due to strong wind, heavy rains and floods brought by the twin typhoons Pedring and Quiel that hit the continue reading : DA-PCIC Starts Payment For Insured Bulacan Farmers Hit By Typhoons Pedring and Quiel