TUNGAWAN, ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 9 (DA RFO 9) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources RFO 9 (DENR RFO 9) have conducted an information and education campaign (IEC) on the Water Code of the Philippines (PD 1067) and the DA Corn Program to continue reading : Farmers, BLGUs—Target Audience of Agriculture & Environment IEC Campaigns in Zamboanga Peninsula Convergence Areas
The pandemic even tightened the commitment of the RCI Central Visayas to deliver the programs and projects in order to achieve the two-pronged goal of the NCI-SRD— reduce poverty and increase the income of farmers and fisherfolk. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the RCI Central Visayas extends programs to the farmers and constituents of the Carood continue reading : Central Visayas Renews Commitment to Carood Watershed During the Pandemic
KAPATAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE— Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office (DA RFO) Northern Mindanao Regional Executive Director, Carlene C. Collado, formally handed over to the Provincial Government of Lanao del Norte the P4.8 million fully operational seeds warehouse and P1.5 million drone sprayer. Construction of the warehouse and provision of the drone sprayer are funded continue reading : DA Northern Mindanao Hands Over P6.3-M Agri Interventions to Lanao Del Norte LGU
The DA Office of the Assistant Secretary for the Visayas (OASV) headed by ASec. Hansel O. Didulo, together with Mr. Emerson Ogatis of Antique Research Outreach Station, and Mayor Gerry C. Necor of Barbaza, Antique distributed 50 native chickens and 50 trichantera planting materials to Las Palmas Farmers Association on October 2, 2020, in Barbaza, continue reading : DA Turns Over Livestock Interventions to Antique Farmer-Beneficiaries
The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office (DA RFO) SOCCSKSARGEN has distributed agricultural goods and farm inputs to selected Indigenous Peoples (IP) communities at Sitio Lamsaboy, Brgy. Lamfugon, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato in light of COVID-19. “We need to support and empower our IP communities during this time of a global pandemic because that’s one continue reading : DA RFO SOCCSKSARGEN Extends Help to IP Communities in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato
The global pandemic has changed the way things are done in the region. The current direction of each NCI-SRD member agency has been affected and the approved ongoing projects in the established convergence area in Carood, Bohol were reassessed to address the food resiliency, availability, and accessibility issues in the country brought about by COVID-19. continue reading : COVID-19’s Impact on Food Security and Agriculture in Central Visayas
Central Antique— A total of 7,163 farmers in the NCI-SRD convergence area received Php5,000 financial assistance through the Department of Agriculture’s Financial Subsidy for Rice Farmers (FSRF) program. Small rice farmers, who plant one hectare or less and are not covered by the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) program, were automatically part of the DA’s continue reading : 7,000 Convergence Area Farmers Received Pandemic Relief
