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 Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) enjoins the world in celebration of the World Bamboo Day. This year’s theme, “Pamanang Kawayan: Luntiang Ginto ng Kabataan,” bears the economic importance of bamboo products, as well as its environmental significance on climate change mitigation. Known as the “poor man’s lumber,” bamboo has transformed into a continue reading : BAMBOO-tiful Morning as DENR Celebrates World Bamboo Day
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 NCI-SRD Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 01 series of 2020 (Strengthening the Implementation Framework for the DA-DAR-DENR-DILG National Convergence Initiative for Sustainable Rural Development) replaces the NCI-SRD JAO No. 01 series of 2015 as the legal basis for the operationalization of the NCI-SRD strategy. The new JAO officially takes effect on May 21, 2020 continue reading : Revised JAO Harmonizes NCI-SRD Functions
ABUYOG, LEYTE —Despite controversies and apprehensions surrounding the passage of the Rice Tariffication Law last year, the Department of Agriculture vowed to continue its unfettered, pro-poor, and persistent delivery of program interventions to farming communities on the landmark legislation’s first anniversary commemorated in one of NCI-SRD’s convergence areas. Spearheaded by the regional offices of continue reading : DA Renews Commitment to Local Farmers on Rice Tariffication Law’s First Anniversary
The Regional Convergence Initiative Technical Working Group (RCI TWG) for Sustainable Rural Development in Bicol has forwarded its newest proposal to create a Convergence Area Development Plan (CADP) for Talisay River in Talisay, Camarines Norte. In its 1st Quarter Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on January 17, 2020, at the Department of Environment and Natural continue reading : RCI TWG Bicol Tap MPMRD Scholars for the Proposed Talisay River CADP
For almost 50 years now, several generations of notable plant expert researchers from the Department of Agriculture- Regional Field Office 8 (DA-RFO8) and the research station at Brgy. Balinsasayao, Abuyog, Leyte have studied the propagation, adaptation, and improvement of the commonly grown tropical fruit trees in the region. Through fruit sample collection, characterization, evaluation, and continue reading : Abuyog, Leyte: Home of the World’s Sweetest Jackfruit
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
More than 500 farmer-beneficiaries, including the 150 beneficiaries from the Pili Watershed Convergence Area in Castilla, Sorsogon, received chickens and piglets as part of the Malawakang Pagbibigay-kaalaman sa Agrikultura: Magsasakang may Alam, Laging Angat, Sagana sa Kita or the Department of Agriculture’s Mapagmalasakit Program. Prior to receiving assistance, the farmer-beneficiaries participated and completed the “Back continue reading : Sorsogon Farmers Received Swine, Native Chicken from DA Mapagmalasakit Program
