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Read more about the article DAR seeks to lower terms of AVAs to 5 years
SCRAP AVAs. Farmers under the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries One Movement (AOM) hold a protest outside the venue of the pubic hearing of the House of the Representatives Committee on Agrarian Reform on the impact of agribusiness venture arrangements (AVAs). Protesting farmers call for the cancellation of all AVAs to grant them full control of their lands awarded by the government. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

DAR seeks to lower terms of AVAs to 5 years

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said it is pushing to limit to five years ?the life span of the agribusiness v?enture a?greements (AVAs) between agrarian reform beneficiaries and the private contracting sector.

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Read more about the article NZ earmarks $2.5-M for agri project in Mindanao
YULETIDE HARVEST. Farm-workers harvest rice in Pigkacawayan, North Cotabato to catch-up with traditional Christmas feasts and save-up for next year. Farmers say they will have difficulty finding farm-work for the next six months as the area will suffer water supply shortage for the first half of 2015. (Kenette Jean Millondaga/davaotoday.com)

NZ earmarks $2.5-M for agri project in Mindanao

The New Zealand government has allotted US$2.5 million (P127.79 million*) to support Mindanao’s food production and agricultural development.

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Read more about the article Maramag coffee’s bittersweet tale of revival
Kape Maramag is a product of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Bukidnon. In this photo, a farmer is harvesting beans from coffee trees that grow so low. (DTI 10 file photo)

Maramag coffee’s bittersweet tale of revival

Few years back, the coffee industry in Maramag was almost dying after coffee farmers could not even sell their produce to local traders

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Read more about the article Philippines a ‘coffee addict’ more than a bean grower
COFFEE DRINKERS. Filipinos are one of the world's heaviest coffee drinkers, and their country's annual national coffee production could not keep up. (Mick Basa / davaotoday.com)

Philippines a ‘coffee addict’ more than a bean grower

Filipinos’ love for caffeine is too much for coffee growers to handle, which is why the country imports beans to keep up with the drinking habit.

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