GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 August) – Despite apprehensions over security, a festive mood prevailed among residents here who greeted the opening Sunday of the weeklong tuna festival with fun and revelry, and officials who emphasized the contribution of the local tuna industry to the city’s progress.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 August) — The University of the Philippines in Mindanao is holding a public forum on agricultural supply chain management on August 29 to help improve linkages between Mindanao's producers and the market.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 August) – The Tuna Congress next week, the eighth since the annual event for the P18-billion industry started, will focus on quality, safety and sustainability strategies.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/22 August) — The annual celebration of Timpupo Fetival has been moved from this month to October 9 to 15 due to lack of fruits.
City administrator Rodolfo Cabiles Jr. told DXND Radio for Peace that fruit growers in various parts of this city have complained about the scarcity of fruits because of the erratic weather condition that hit the province of North Cotabato.
MAGPET, North Cotabato (MindaNews/20 August) – Blame it on erratic weather conditions that hit Southwestern Mindanao early this year, officials said when asked to comment on the relative scarcity of exotic fruits like lanzones, rambutan, marang, mangosteen and durian which flooded the region and neighboring areas from July to August in previous years.
KAPATAGAN, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews/15 Aug) — The flashflood that hit this town dawn on Monday damaged P35.7-million worth of rice crops and marine culture products, according to municipal agriculture officer Frank Bihod.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 Aug) — The Regional Cooperative Development Council (RCDC) in Region 12 has approved the implementation of at least three major agriculture and fishery-based programs in Sultan Kudarat province in a bid to boost the development of the area’s agribusiness sector.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 August) – Davao City may ban aerial spraying in all agricultural plantations here starting January 1, 2007 if the City Council approves this month an ordinance proposing such measure, Vice Mayor Luis Bonguyan said Sunday in the city government's weekly TV program "Gikan sa masa, para sa masa" (From the people, for the people).
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/06 August) – Downgrading the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources from a line bureau to a staff bureau of the Department of Agriculture has met strong opposition from tuna industry players here who even issued a manifesto asking Malacañang to junk the plan.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/2 Aug) — Because of the persistent rains, mango contractors in the region are now experimenting with plastic umbrellas to shield their mango trees.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/30 July) — The Provincial Board of North Cotabato
approved in a special session on Saturday an additional P10-million fund for the province’s rubber and oil palm propagation program.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/29 July) — The city government here has identified tuba-tuba (Jatropha curcas) as the locality’s newest investment priority area, in addition to oil palm.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 July) — Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban urged participants of the 2nd National Banana Conference Wednesday to consider the creation of a single "Pinoy" brand of banana chips so the Philippines could corner a sizable part of the global market.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 July) — A private sector-led Halal Certification Board (HCB) is expected to be activated by August this year, to fast track development of the halal industry in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the Local Government Support Program in the ARMM (LGSPA) said.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/26 July) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) will to construct a modern satellite meat laboratory here later this year to facilitate the city’s bid to become a major exporter of quality meat products, Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. said.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 21 July)– Small tuna fisherfolk using the traditional hook-and-line method in this city has asked the Senate anew to pump some life into their "dying" sector by passing a proposed special law that would finally recognize their operation.
