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Palace, DA push agri reforms for long-term job creation
15 Dec 2025 17:26 GMT
… the seasonality of agricultural employment.
Citing Philippine Statistics Authority … job creation, with roughly 88 percent of workers in farming and forestry … can create more permanent jobs by building the right … is to ensure those jobs become lasting and stable. …
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Michigan H-2A wage changes reshape fruit and vegetable labor costs
15 Dec 2025 13:08 GMT
U.S. agriculture has faced persistent labor shortages over the past two decades, driven by lower immigration, rising education levels, competition from non-farm sectors, and an aging foreign-born workforce. Although farm wages have increased faster than …
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DA aims to convert short-term harvest jobs into stable employment
15 Dec 2025 07:36 GMT
… end the seasonality of job opportunities in the agriculture … employment in the country. Still, he noted that many of the jobs … , reflecting the surge in labor demand during the harvest period … of workers in the agriculture sector are in farming and forestry, …
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"As we do not have our own production, we can guarantee clients the priority for their fruit"
15 Dec 2025 13:07 GMT
In Chincha, a province in the Ica region, Peru's hub for fruit exports, Packing del Carmen offers post-harvest processing services to exporters of mandarins, avocados, blueberries, pomegranates, asparagus, dragon fruit, and table grapes. They handle …
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Greece: All roads blocked this week if farmers’ demands remain unmet
15 Dec 2025 13:08 GMT
Another week that is expected to be hotter than the previous one is beginning for the agricultural mobilizations in Greece, in which other social groups are now participating with increasing intensity. First of all, the week begins with all farmers' …
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Covent Garden traders compare challenges with Melbourne Market
15 Dec 2025 13:07 GMT
Gary Marshall, Chairman of the Covent Garden Tenants Association, visited Melbourne Market earlier this month to exchange views with market operators and wholesalers on shared operational challenges. Melbourne Market is the main wholesale fruit, vegetable, …
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Australia: Concerns that unsafe conditions killed two Queensland building workers
12 Dec 2025 04:11 GMT
… around heavy machinery on job sites to prevent similar … Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) officials paid tribute to the two workers … deserve to do their jobs correctly.
“The same … 2024, when the federal Labor government anti-democratically placed …
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PSC pushes for tax cuts, migrant-worker policies in Budget 2026
11 Dec 2025 15:44 GMT
… PSC Chairman said.
Labour shortages driving migrant-worker push
The PSC … tourism, oil and gas, mining, forestry, service, ICT, healthcare. It … its job in terms of regulating the cost of labour … offer higher benefits for their employees,” he added.
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Harnessing nature’s solutions
15 Dec 2025 11:16 GMT
With climate-resilient techniques taught in an FAO farmer field school in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong has halved the amount of rice seeds she uses. © FAO/Mai Nguyen
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Nguyen Thi Thu Huong is not someone who normally …
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Employment in third quarter: wins some, loses some
11 Dec 2025 11:22 GMT
… industries shed jobs, but others created more jobs. Fewer formal jobs were … forestry, fishing, the informal business sector and private households.
Total employment decreased … consecutive month — is the job market strengthening?
Average monthly earnings …