ATI Inks MOA with PCIC for Agricultural Insurance Program | Agricultural Training InstituteYou are hereATI Inks MOA with PCIC for Agricultural Insurance Program QUEZON CITY — To help attain food self-sufficiency in the country, the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) recently forged a partnership with the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) to extend coverage to all continue reading : ATI Inks MOA with PCIC for Agricultural Insurance Program

Guidelines to implement new Agri-Agra law issuedTHE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has issued a component policy on the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act or Republic Act 10000 that pertains to banks. RA 10000, which repealed Presidential Decree 717, retains the mandatory credit allocation in that 25 percent of the continue reading : Guidelines to implement new Agri-Agra law issued

House opposition member, group seek more funds for agri officeA MEMBER of the House opposition bloc and a non-government organization are proposing to increase funds allotted for the Department of Agriculture (DA) to make the country self-sufficient in supplying grains to its people. Opposition lawmaker Zambales Representative Mitos Magsaysay said that supporting the needs of continue reading : House opposition member, group seek more funds for agri office

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

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