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
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
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
The community of San Jose, Tarlac continues to receive overwhelming support from the four NCI-SRD lead agencies as the Tarlac Watershed and Convergence Area Development Plan (CADP), which was launched last October 16, 2019, nears its first anniversary. The Department of Agriculture, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and Department of continue reading : Support Pours as Tarlac Convergence Area Nears 1st Anniversary
Earlier this year, the National Convergence Initiative for Sustainable Rural Development (NCI-SRD) National Technical Working Group (NTWG) agreed to endorse the Abuyog Convergence Area Development Plan (CADP) to the National Steering Committee (NSC), composed of DA-DAR-DENR-DILG Secretaries, for approval. Immediately on January 28, 2020, the NSC approved the CADP through NCI-SRD Joint Resolution No. continue reading : NCI-SRD to Launch a New Convergence Area in Eastern 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
In its incessant efforts to eradicate poverty in the countryside, the national government through the National Convergence Initiative for Sustainable Rural Development (NCI-SRD) is continuously fulfilling its paramount commitment of developing communities through convergence. In SOCCSKSARGEN (Region XII), the Regional Convergence Initiative in partnership with the provincial government of South Cotabato and its three continue reading : Allah Valley Watershed: First Convergence Area in SOCCSKSARGEN
The Convergence Area Development Plan (CADP) for Royale and Mt. Inayawan-Illana clusters were launched on August 22, 2019 at the Mindanao Civic Center Hall, Tubod, Lanao del Norte (LDN). A total of P79.4 million agricultural interventions were given to the two clusters in the said province. Of the said amount, P60.7 million is the Department continue reading : P79.4 M Agri-interventions Poured in Lanao del Norte’s CADP Launching
For years, the farmers in the Carood Watershed convergence has been looking for a solution to uplift their situation. Problems along the value chain has persisted since the time they started farming. So, the question is what could emancipate them? The persistent complaint of low buying price of agricultural commodities and the lack of market continue reading : Could the Agro-Enterprise Clustering Development Approach be the Champion to Deliver the Farmers from the Age-long Problem of the Agriculture Sector?
