Department of Agriculture (DA) Banner Programs (Rice, Corn, National High Value Crops, Livestock and Organic Agriculture Programs) - SDGs - Philippines (2024)

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What are the 4 banner programs of the Philippine agriculture? ›

The national banner programs of DA on rice, corn, high value crops, livestock , and organic agriculture are priority programs that aim to address food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable growth through increased farm income and productivity.

Guided by the principles of the Agrikulturang Pilipino (Agri-Pinoy) framework, the National Rice Program integrates government initiatives and interventions for the agriculture sector, namely: food security and self-sufficiency, sustainable resource management, support services from farm to table, and broad-based local ...

These programs of the Department of Agriculture (DA), which include the National Rice Program, National Corn Program, National Livestock Program, National High-Value Crops Development Program, Promotion and Development of Organic Agriculture Program, and National Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Program, aim to address ...

About the Program

The program aims to transform farmers cultivating corn, cassava, soybean, and sorghum to productive, competitive, resilient, and profitable agripreneurs by providing science-based interventions and support services.

The Big 4 of world agriculture – also called ABCDs – namely Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill, and Louis Dreyfus are not expected to leave Russia, at least not in the short-term, analysts told S&P Global Commodity Insights.

The country's major agricultural crops are rice, corn, coconut, sugarcane, banana, cassava, pineapple, and vegetables.

The average cost of producing palay in the Philippines was about 54.37 Philippine pesos per hectare in 2022.

There are an estimated 2.4 million rice farmers in the Philippines as of 2020, the majority of whom are male.

The Golden Rice program's objective is, following consumption, to increase circulating vitamin A levels in the blood to counteract vitamin A deficiency, thereby boosting immunity to common diseases and significantly reducing childhood blindness, of which vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause.

Livestock farming is the practice of raising animals for their products. It includes activities such as breeding, feeding, and caring for the animals. Animals are typically kept in large pastures or pens and fed a balanced diet to remain healthy and productive.

What is the top producing livestock in the Philippines? ›

Out of all the animals raised for human consumption, hogs and chickens constituted the most extensively consumed species, thereby generating the majority of the production volume of livestock and poultry in the country.

Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

The fertilizer used as a starter should contain a small amount of nitrogen; most, if not all, of the recommended phosphorus; and possibly some potassium. Thus, a good starter fertilizer might range from a ratio of 1-4-0, 1-3-1, 1-3-3, to 1-1-1, depending on the rate of fertilizer required.

The logic behind the government marketing loans to farmers is to prevent them from dumping their corn on a glutted market at harvest time. The farmers can keep their crops in reserve and sell them when they are needed and will fetch a higher price.

Overall, an ideal nitrogen management program for over 200-bushel corn yield should include at least 30 to 45 pounds nitrogen at planting and remainder amount at V6 to V8 stage with or without 45 to 50 pounds nitrogen before tasseling based on NDVI reading from reference strips and/or leaf nitrogen concentration.

Four main types of agriculture exist: rice, corn, specialty crops, and animal agriculture. To ensure sustainability, Filipino farmers must navigate environmental challenges and strengthen socio-economic opportunities.

An agricultural education program is made up of three integrated parts: Classroom Instruction, FFA and Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). Students with an SAE learn by doing. With help from their agricultural teachers, students develop an SAE project based on one or more SAE categories.

The Philippines' agricultural policy focuses on food security and poverty alleviation through a guaranteed supply of staple food (rice) at affordable prices.

The program was launched in 1973 at a time the country was experiencing a rice supply shortage. By promoting high yield varieties, chemical fertilizers, and herbicides, the program initially allowed the Philippines to attain self-sufficiency in 1975–1976, and export rice to its neighboring Asian countries in 1977–1978.