Agriculture Department Philippines

The department is currently led by the secretary of agriculture nominated by the president of the philippines and confirmed by the commission on appointmentsthe secretary is a member of the cabinetthe current secretary is william dar who assumed office on august 5 2019.

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The department of agriculture da is doing its best to ensure that both farmers and consumers have access to markets and fresh food respectively. The preliminary results of the 2016 annual survey of philippine business and industry aspbi reported that there were 1129 establishments with total employment te of 20 and over in the formal sector and engaged in agriculture forestry and fishing activities. It has put out guidelines for protocol during enhanced community quarantine launched roving markets that sell farmers produce in communities and offered online lessons in farming.

The special area for agricultural development saad program is a locally funded program of the department of agriculture da which aims to help alleviate poverty among the marginalized sectors of agriculture and fishery of the thirty 30 priority provinces identified by the philippine statistics authority psa as well as areas covered by. The ati is the extension and training arm of the philippine department of agriculture mandated to train agricultural extension workers and their beneficiaries and lead in the delivery of e extension services for agriculture and fisheries. The department of agriculture and american firm corteva agriscience inaugurated the first of 80 planned rice and corn educational farms to be put up in the philippines.

The bicol region in the philippines produced 27885 metric tons of abaca in 2014 the largest of any philippine region.