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FEATURE: AGRI WORKER HELPS FARMER IMPROVE RICE YIELD

Wednesday 7th of March 2012

What does it take to be a national awardee of the 2011 Rice Achievers or the ‘Parangal Sa Mga Bosing ng Palayan’? For Donalene Megino, an agricultural extension worker of the City of San Fernando, and the lone winner in Pampanga of the Rice Achievers Award, it took diligence and dedication on her work to achieve such award. In October 2009, Donna attended a four-month training on ‘Palaycheck’ at the Department of Agriculture Research Center in barangay Paraiso, Tarlac City. In that training, she was introduced to all the types of problems, such as pests and diseases, in palay production. Aft...

QUEZON CITY, Peb 14 -- Ang Department of Agriculture o DA naghatag ug pasidungog sa top rice achievers sa nasud subay sa Food Staples Sufficiency Program kon FSSP sa administrasyon ni Aquino, usa ka mensahe nga gitala sa website nagkanayon. Atul sa pinakaunang Rice achievers’ Award o Parangal sa mga Bosing ng Palayan” nga gihimo sa Philippine International Convention Center, si Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala personal nga mitunol sa recognition ngadto sa mga re...

LAOAG CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- Ilocos Norte has emerged as one of the country’s top rice producing provinces for 2011 under the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) “Parangal sa Mga Bosing ng Palayan” program. The awarding rites were held on February 10 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila. The program aims to recognize and encourage the full participation of local government units (LGUs), Irrigators’ Associations (IAs) and Agricult...

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Feb

2012

DA awards 2011 top rice achievers

QUEZON CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) awarded over the weekend the country's top rice achievers in line with the Aquino administration’s Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP), a statement posted on its website (www.da.gov.ph) said. During the first-ever ‘Rice Achievers’ Award’ or 'Parangal sa mga Bosing ng Palayan' held at at the Philippine International Convention Center, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala personally handed out ...
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Feb

2012

DA to honor country's top rice achievers

QUEZON CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to honor the country’s top rice-producing provinces, cities, towns, irrigators’ associations (IAs), and outstanding agricultural extension workers (AEWs) in the first-ever 2011 Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers’ Awards. The event, dubbed as ‘Parangal sa mga Bosing ng Palayan,’ will be held on February 10 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), in Pasay City. Ag...