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Tag: farmers

  • SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: AGRICULTURE
    Categories SONA 2022 Promise Tracker

    SONA 2022 PROMISE TRACKER: AGRICULTURE

    By Rhoanne De Guzman  |  Jul 17, 2023 7:00 AM

    Of the six promises Marcos made on agriculture, three were fulfilled. His administration succeeded in providing loans to the agriculture sector for farm inputs, imposing a one-year moratorium on payment of land amortization and interest and the signing into law of the new Agrarian Emancipation Act.

    agrarian reform, Agriculture, farm-to-market, farmers, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Kadiwa, SONA 2022, SONA promise tracker

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    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Can dragon fruit serve as an alternate crop for rice?

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 08, 2022 1:50 PM

    Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Marcos said recently that farmers can earn more by planting dragon fruit alternately with rice. “’Yung Taiwan malaki ang demanda ng dragon fruit (Taiwan has a high demand for dragon fruit). Eh [but] they can only plant dragon fruit three or four times, three or four months of the […]

    Agriculture, dragon fruit, farmers, Malaysia, Philippines, Sandro Marcos, taiwan, Vietnam

  • Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Puwede bang alternatibong pananim sa palay ang dragon fruit?

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 08, 2022 1:50 PM

    Ang dragon fruit ba ay isang magandang alternatibong pananim sa palay? Maaari bang i-export ang prutas sa Taiwan?

    Agriculture, dragon fruit, farmers, Malaysia, Philippines, Sandro Marcos, taiwan, Vietnam

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