Eastern Visayas recorded 2,938 metric tons (MT) of abaca fiber production in 2024, up by 24 percent from the actual yield a ...

AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. is asking government agencies to help support the abaca industry. "We will ...

fiber development officer Brent Baltazar Marbella discusses the history and cultural value of the abaca industry during a two-day workshop at the National Museum of the Philippines-Bicol in Daraga ...

The Department of Agriculture is enlisting the support of key government agencies, particularly the Bangko Sentral ng ...

From 2014 to 2023, the DA said the abaca industry generated an average annual export revenue of $139.2 million, with 18 percent derived from raw fiber and 82 percent from manufactured products ...

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Sunday that it will seek to reverse a central bank decision halting the use of abaca fiber in Philippine banknotes. “We will request that the Bangko Sentral ...