“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
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 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
COVID-19’s Impact on Food Security and Agriculture in Central Visayas
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
7,000 Convergence Area Farmers Received Pandemic Relief
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