Convergence Initiatives drove farm org KAMAPAT to transform Patnongon

“Malaki ang pasasalamat namin sa Department of Agriculture dahil hindi lang kami binigyan ng isda kung hindi tinuruan din kami kung paano mangisda,” Henry Michael “Boy” Doliguez said. A nurse turned farmer and president of Kalipunan ng mga Magsasaka ng Patnongon (KAMAPAT), Henry Michael “Boy” Doliguez, relayed that their primary aim is to shift farmers’ continue reading : Convergence Initiatives drove farm org KAMAPAT to transform Patnongon

NCI-SRD Uplifts Community Spirit: Sorsogon CADP a success

Before implementing the NCI-SRD Convergence Area Development Plan (CADP) in the municipality of Castilla in Sorsogon, the area was surrounded by communities composed ofupland dwellers, farmers, and fisherfolk who were considered adequately poor and lacking environmental awareness. The people were not trained to follow proper solid waste disposal protocols and were prone to practice illegal continue reading : NCI-SRD Uplifts Community Spirit: Sorsogon CADP a success

Farmers, BLGUs—Target Audience of Agriculture & Environment IEC Campaigns in Zamboanga Peninsula Convergence Areas

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

Central Visayas Renews Commitment to Carood Watershed During the Pandemic

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

DA Northern Mindanao Hands Over P6.3-M Agri Interventions to Lanao Del Norte LGU

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

BAMBOO-tiful Morning as DENR Celebrates World Bamboo Day

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

DA Turns Over Livestock Interventions to Antique Farmer-Beneficiaries

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

DA RFO SOCCSKSARGEN Extends Help to IP Communities in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato

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