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Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority

QUEZON CITY | March 18, 2022 – Deputy Executive Director (DED) for Pesticide Eric Divinagracia presented FPA’s 2023 Plan and Budget proposal amounting to Php 346.7 million during the Internal Budget Hearing of the Department of Agriculture.   Table 1. FY 2023 Proposed Budget   As shown in the Table 1, the Department of Budget and continue reading : FPA proposes Php 346.7M budget during DA’s internal budget session

QUEZON CITY | March 22, 2022 – The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) ended its Women’s month celebration today with food, fun and relaxation on top of a series of lectures on financial literacy and health care insurance.   Throughout the day, the employees of FPA, women and men alike, were feted with massage, manicure, and continue reading : FPA culminates Women’s Month with fun-filled “Serbisyo Para kay Juana” activities

NORTHERN MINDANAO | March 14, 2022 – FPA Deputy Executive Director for Fertilizer Dr. Myer G. Mula emphasized the importance of Balanced Fertilization Strategy, during his visit here on March 7-9, 2022, in mitigating reliance to inorganic fertilizer while addressing the plight of farmers due to rising cost of fertilizer.   Balanced Fertilization Strategy or BFS continue reading : Dr. Mula campaigns for balanced fertilization strategy on his visit to Northern Mindanao

DAVAO DEL NORTE | March 2, 2022. Forty fertilizer and pesticide dealers in Davao del Norte underwent the Accredited Safety Dispenser (ASD) Training on February 16, 2022 at Tagum City.   FPA Regional Officer of Davao Region Marissa Napalit led the ASD training with FPA Deputy Executive Director for Pesticide Eric Divinagracia.   Davao del Norte continue reading : FPA Davao trains 40 dealers as safety dispensers

BATANGAS | March 3, 2022 – Dr. Myer Mula, Deputy Executive Director for Fertilizer, visited major warehouses namely, Atlas Fertilizer Corporation and Ferex Agrochem Development Corporation in Batangas last March 1, 2022 to check on the availability of fertilizers for the Regions. Atlas Fertilizer Corporation has a storage capacity of 10,000 bags while Ferex Agrochem Development continue reading : FPA conducts on-site consultation with the stakeholders

QUEZON CITY, February 23, 2022 – In coordination with the Civil Service Commission (CSC), the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) capacitates its supervisory officers for improved management of subordinates in a virtual orientation on performance monitoring and coaching held on February 17 to 18, 2022.   The workshop is part of the Learning and Development Program continue reading : FPA supervisors train on performance monitoring and coaching

QUEZON CITY, March 1, 2022 – The Operations Manual of the Fertilizer Pesticide Authority has finally been published today. It was submitted to Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William D. Dar and Undersecretary Roldan G. Gorgonio for Administration and Finance on February 28 in compliance with their directives.   The Operations Manual (OM) sets forth the continue reading : FPA Operations Manual published

QUEZON CITY, February 21, 2022. The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) is mandated to register fertilizer products under Section 9 of Presidential Decree No. 1144 specific to fertilizers, which states that “No fertilizer, or other agricultural chemical shall be exported, imported, manufactured, formulated, stored distributed, sold or offered for sale, transported, delivered for transportation or used unless it continue reading : Department Circular No.1, Series of 2022 approved by Sec. Dar

CAGAYAN DE ORO, February 22, 2022 – The FPA Provincial Officer for Misamis Oriental, Romnick Boctot, verified 6,000 MT of urea (46-0-0) imports which arrived at Cagayan de Oro Port today. The Quality Grains and Feeds Corp., a FPA-registered fertilizer handler, imported it from Vietnam.   Led by Supervising Agriculturist Sonia Calleja, The RFU X monitored continue reading : FPA RFU X checks fertilizer imports in Cagayan de Oro

QUEZON CITY, February 24, 2022 – The Department of Agriculture (DA) – Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) through the Fertilizer Regulations Division (FRD) called to increase fertilizer nutrient content for product registration and announced new policies to improve national and regional regulatory service processes.   In pursuit of continuous fertilizer product quality standard improvements, with the continue reading : FPA-FRD ups fertilizer nutrient content standard, and pushes registration efficiency