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18 MORE RICE PROCESSING FACILITIES TO RISE IN WVISAYAS
Thursday 30th of May 2013
ILOILO CITY, May 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture is targeting to build 18 more small rice processing complexes (RPC) in Western Visayas this year.
DA-6 Regional Director Larry Nacionales said that Region 6 has vast areas of land devoted to rice production so it is necessary for additional RPCs to be put up to help farmers minimize post-harvest losses.
Nacionales said that at present, the region’s biggest RPC situated in Pototan serves as a one-stop-shop service facility, serving farmers from production to postharvest, warehousing and marketing.
He said that the RPC in Pototan can only serve farmers and irrigators from areas ...
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11Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 11 (PIA) -- Following the success of the Agri-Pinoy Rice Program’s Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers’ Awards (APRAA), the Department of Agriculture’s Agri-Pinoy Corn Program has launched the nationwide Corn Quality Awards to give honors to top achievers involved in the development of the corn industry. Zaldy Boloron, regional corn program coordinator of DA 12 said, the awards, which has a budget allotment of P29- million, is ope...
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15Feb2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture of Region 12 (DA-12) will get P1.29-billion budget this year, a whopping 62 percent higher than its 2012 budget of P739 million. This is in recognition of the region’s 128 percent staples self-sufficiency as evidenced by the 1.28 million metric tons (MT) of rice it harvested last year, data from the Agri Pinoy Palayan Program indicate; it is also in recognition of other accomplishments of the regional field offi...
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21Jan2013DAGUPAN CITY, Jan 21 (PIA) -- Seeking the rehabilitation of the carabao industry, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is urging farmers in the province to raise the numbers of these species to replace its dwindling population. Gloria Dulay of the DA-Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) said that according to the latest inventory, there are now only few of the species remaining due to their being slaughtered for meat. To save the population, the center is advocating the prohibition of slaughtering br...
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04Jan2013TIAONG, Quezon, Jan. 4 (PIA) -- Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala distributed farm equipment and implements to groups of farmers in Quezon Province in a ceremony held recently at the Quezon Agricultural Experimental Station in this town. Alcala said we should improve palay production to sustain the rice produced by farmers. The DA also distributed carabaos with complete tilling materials and pigs and cows to augment the income of small farmers. Alcala added that the Department of Agricultu...
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20Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- A total of 16 Barangay Food Terminals (BFT) in Soccsksargen were formally opened by the Department of Agriculture 12 through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) this year. The said BFTs were simultaneously opened this December. The newly-opened BFTs were Barangay Sulit, Polo and Klinan 6 in Polomolok, South Cotabato, Barangay Kabulakan in Matalam, Barangay Polayagan and Kitacubong in Alamada and Barangay Cuyapon and Dagupan...
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20Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 20 (PIA) -- Umabot sa 16 na Barangay Food Terminal (BFT) sa Rehiyon Dose ang binuksan ng Department of Agriculture 12 sa pamamagitan ng Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) ngayong taon. Ang mga ito ay matatagpuan sa Barangay Sulit, Polo at Klinan 6 sa Polomolok, South Cotabato, Barangay Kabulakan sa Matalam, Barangay Polayagan at Kitacubong sa Alamada at Barangay Cuyapon at Dagupan sa Kabacan, North Cotabato. Kabilang din sa mga binu...
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18Dec2012DAVAO CITY, Dec 18 (PIA) -- The military has changed the focus of its on-land procedure from search and rescue to search and retrieval operation on the areas hardest hit by storm Pablo. Speaking at a press briefing, Major Jacob Thaddeus Obligado, commanding officer of the 10th Civil-Military Operations Battalion said the soldiers continue to search for missing bodies particularly in the barangays of New Bataan, Compostela Valley, where a flash flood drowned several people and trapped them in de...
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15Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 15 (PIA) -- Pormal nang binuksan kamakailan ang dalawang Barangay Food Terminal (BFT) sa Barangay Polayagan at Kitacubong sa bayan ng Alamada, North Cotabato. Ang aktibidad ay pinangunahan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 sa pamamagitan ng Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD). Sa magkasabay na pagbubukas, hinamon ni DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan ang mga BFT operators na palaguin at gawing kapaki-pakinabang...
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14Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 14 (PIA) -- Kinilala kamakailan ng Department of Agriculture- Mindanao Rural Development Program (DA-MRDP) ang mga natatanging Local Government Units (LGUs) at people’s organizations (POs) sa lalawigan ng Sarangani. Ginawaran ng best performing LGU sa pagpapatupad ng mga proyekto ng Mindanao Rural Development Program-Community Fund for Agricultural Development (MRDP-CFAD) ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Maitum. Samantala, nakuha naman ng mga lokal na pam...
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14Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 14 (PIA)--The Department of Agriculture- Mindanao Rural Development Program (DA-MRDP) has honored best performing Local Government Units (LGUS) and people’s organizations (Pos) in Sarangani province. After showing excellent and proactive project management, Maitum LGU was hailed best performing LGU implementing Mindanao Rural Development Program-Community Fund for Agricultural Development (MRDP-CFAD) projects. Meanwhile, LGUs of Malungon and Kiamba bagge...
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05Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 5 (PIA) -- Itinampok sa bansang Malaysia ang ilan sa mga natatanging produkto ng Rehiyon Dose sa katatapos lamang na Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines- East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) and Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT) Consumer Fair 2012. Kabilang sa mga nagsitanghal ng kani-kanilang mga produkto ay ang Bios Dynamis Multi-purpose Cooperative ng Don Bosco Foundation for Sustainable Development Inc., Matutum Tropical Fruits As...
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04Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 3 (PIA) -- Inilunsad kamakailan ng Department of Agriculture 12 sa pamamagitan ng Agri Pinoy Livestock Program ang kauna-unahang Adopt-a-School Program sa lungsod ng Koronadal. Ito ang kauna-unahang programa sa paaralan na inilunsad ng kagawaran sa rehiyon kung saan ang Rotonda Elementary School sa Barangay Rotonda sa nabanggit na lungsod ang kauna-unahang benepisyaryong pinagkalooban ng goat dispersal project package. Aabot sa 17 kambing ang ipinama...
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04Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 through its Agri Pinoy Livestock Program has launched in Koronadal City the first Adopt-a-School Program in Region 12. The department handed over a goat dispersal project package to the beneficiary school, the Rotonda Elementary School in Barangay Rotonda of the mentioned city. The package was composed of 17 goats which will serve as an income-generating project (IGP) of the Parents’ Teachers’ Association...
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03Dec2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Dis. 3 (PIA) -- Isinusulong ngayon Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 sa ilalim ng Unified National Insemination Program (UNAIP) ang paggamit ng electronic reporting system upang mapadali ang pagkakaroon ng mga tama at eksaktong impormasyon. Kaugnay nito, tinipon sa pamamagitan ng isang electronic report training ang mga provincial and city artificial insemination (AI) coordinators maging ang mga report officers ng mga lokal na pamhalaan sa buong Rehiyon Do...
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03Dec2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Dec. 3 (PIA) -- Gathering the employees of an organization and giving them activities is one way of testing their capabilities and attitude as a group. Department of Agriculture 12 regional executive director Amalia J. Datukan said through team building activities, the agency can determine the right and responsible employees who are fit for government service especially in DA. This was given emphasis during the recently conducted team building activity and pl...
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29Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 through the Unified National Insemination Program (UNAIP) gathered provincial and city artificial insemination (AI) coordinators and report officers of local government units (LGUs) in the region for an Electronic Report Training. The training held recently at General Santos City targets to fast track reporting system and to obtain accurate AI data coming in from the field. Dr. Paul C. Limson, chief of the...
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28Nov2012PEREZ, QUEZON, Nov. 28 (PIA) --The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Provincial Agriculture Office offered ‘season-long farmers field school’ to 24 farmers in this town. Roberto Gajo, provincial agriculture officer said the farmers were enrolled in the 16 weeks training on ‘palay’ check system, rain feed, irrigated and upland rice farming. “This training will help the farmers to improve and develop palay, corn and vegetable production, thus this will also increase their income....
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27Nov2012LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- A total of 94 college students, fisherfolks and private individuals graduated and received their diplomas after finishing the school-on-air aquaculture course. The event was held at Hotel Consuelo Resort here Friday. Graduating on top of their respective classes were Jomar D. Parana of Pangasinan State University-Lingayen Campus for the student category, Eduardo Nicolas from Lingayen town for the fisherfolk category and Melchor Castro, the same town, for t...
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22Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 22 (PIA) -- Some employees from the Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 underwent cost structure analysis and value chain introduction course held recently at Don Bosco Foundation for Sustainable Development Training Center in Batasan, Makilala, North Cotabato. The training focused on determining value of agricultural products from the production process to marketing. Robero Palo of the Associates Interdevelopment Consulting Incorporated explained that topic...
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20Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob 20 (PIA) -- Inaasahang sa pamamagitan ng cassava techno-demo showcase project ng Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 ay matutugunan ang pangangailangan sa pagkain ng mga mamamayan sa Rehiyon 12. Ito ang binigyang-diin ni DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan nang anihin kamakailan ang abot sa 30 toneladang kamoteng kahoy sa Barangay San Jose, Banga, South Cotabato na buhat sa nabanggit na proyekto. Kumpiyansa si Datukan na sa pamamagitan...
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20Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 believes that through its cassava techno-demo showcase project, food sufficiency in Region 12 is at hand. DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia J. Datukan said that with this kind of project, the population can acquire food that is enough to sustain their living. This was given emphasis during the harvest of 30 tons of cassava in Barangay San Jose, Banga, South Cotabato recently which was headed by the Sa...
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19Nov2012LUNGSOD NG MALOLOS, Bulacan, Nob. 19 (PIA) -- Kabilang ang pamilya ng Bulakenyong si Bernardino Nuñez Sr. sa mga itinanghal na nagwagi sa 2012 National Gawad Saka. Ipinagkaloob ni Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala ang pagkilala, bilang Outstanding Farmer/Fisherfolk Family, sa isang seremonya sa Philippine Rice Research Institute, lungsod ng Muñoz, Nueva Ecija kamakailan. Ayon sa mga taga-San Rafael, nagsimula raw ang pag-unlad ng kabuhayan ni Nunez sa pamamagitan ng pagsasagawa ng integr...
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05Nov2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Nob. 5 (PIA) -- Nakasentro ngayon ang Department of Agriculture (DA)-12 sa pagtutok sa kasapatan ng produksyon ng bigas sa buong Rehiyon-12 sa darating pang mga taon. Ito ay ayon pa rin sa isinusulong na food sufficiency program ng naturang kagawaran. Kaugnay nito, abot sa 90 na local farmer technicians (LFTs) mula sa South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, at Sarangani ang nakilahok sa lakbay-aral kamakailan kung saan binisita ang ilang mga lugar na gumagamit ng...
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05Nov2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Nov. 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA)-12 continues to spearhead the advancement of rice production in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) in connection with promoting food sufficiency in the region for the coming years. To further realize the department’s aim, a total of 90 local farmer technicians (LFTs) from South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Sarangani province underwent an educational tour to areas using recommended rice production technologies. Dr. Eve...
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01Nov2012STA. CRUZ, Laguna, Nov. 1 (PIA) --The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 4A under the Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched recently the school-on-air (SOA) targetting Laguna vegetable farmers as primary audience. About 550 vegetable farmers from the 10 municipalities and two cities in Laguna are participating in the SOA dubbed as “Sa Organikong Pagsasaka, Panalo Ka!” The program started last Oct. 17, airs at 5-6 p.m. every Wednesdays and Thursdays over DZJV AM 1458 KHZ until No...
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30Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) urges the public to join the "rice-packaging contest," its latest nationwide contest for the official brand and package of the Philippines' upland, aromatic rice varieties for sale here and abroad. In a statement, DA said those interested and are at least 18 years old may join the contest. Contestants are asked to come up with a brand name and design that is distinctly Filipino. It should use a unique Filipino word and scenery dir...
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30Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct. 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 through its Agri Pinoy Livestock Program and Regulatory Division is advancing its drive for food security and food safety on meat products in Region 12. This was given emphasis in a recent seminar forum on the regulations of livestock and poultry feeds, veterinary drugs and biological products held recently in General Santos City. DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia J. Datukan through Dr. Castor Leo Eje...
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25Oct2012QUEZON CITY, Oct 25 (PIA) -- A 48-year old civil engineer-turned-rice farmer from Kalinga and a 62-year old farmer from Ilocos Norte lead this year’s outstanding farmers and fishermen or 2011-12 Gawad Saka national awardees. In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said engineer-farmer Teodoro Kub-ao Jr. of Kalinga is the national Gawad Saka winner for integrated rice farming, while Ricarte Corpuz of Ilocos Norte is the best in hybrid rice farming. Kub-ao earned more than P1....
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16Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, Oct. 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 has distributed performance incentive packages to 36 local farmer-technicians (LFTs) in Soccsksargen region. These LFTs from the provinces of Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato and Sarangani constitute the first batch of LFTs who received P9,000 each. They are entitled to get P3,000 performance incentive package per month which is given every quarter of the year. These LFTs serve as agricultural extension workers who, through...
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15Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, October 15 (PIA) -- The Agribusiness Marketing and Assistance Division (AMAD) under the Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 conducted a training on supply value chain analysis held recently at General Santos City. The said training was attended by municipal, city and provincial agribusiness coordinators in Region 12. Bai Dido T. Samama, AMAD Chief said that the training is a significant tool in identifying the part of agriculture chain process which needs assistance from farm inp...
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04Oct2012ILAGAN CITY, Isabela, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Ilagan commended the two residents of Ilagan who were awardees of the Department of Agriculture’s regional Gawad Saka program. Mayor Jose Marie L. Diaz during Monday’s regular flag raising ceremony, gave recognition to Dante Cayapan of Barangay Centro, San Antonio and Franklin Cortez of Cabisera 14 of this city. The two Gawad Saka awardees are presently barangay captains in Ilagan. Cayapan is an outstanding corn farmer whi...
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03Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct. 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 has launched 16 Barangay Food Terminals (BFTs) in Soccsksargen. Five of the BFTs established are from Barangay Kitakubong and Polayagan in Alamada, Barangay Cuyapon and Dagupan in Kabacan, and Barangay Kabulacan in Matalam, all from the province of North Cotabato. In South Cotabato, four BFTs located in Barangay Polo, Sulit and Klinan 6 in Polomolok and Barangay San Vicente in Sto. Niño were opened. In S...
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02Oct2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Oct. 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) both in Region 12 recently handed over seven portable smoke houses to some agriculture-related organizations in the region. The beneficiaries of the project were Barangay Concepcion Women Association in Koronadal City, Office of the Provincial Agriculturist of South Cotabato, North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat and the City Agriculture Offices of Koronadal a...
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01Oct2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Oct. 1 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) region 2 has completed 12 small-water impounding projects (SWIPs) worth P103.9 million in Cagayan and Isabela provinces. In the Regional Project Monitoring and Evaluation System (RPMES) report from the National Economic and Development Authority, eight projects are now operational in the province of Cagayan and four in Isabela. Evangeline Arugay, RPMES coordinator, said the projects were funded through a counterparting scheme ...
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27Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Set. 27 (PIA) -- Mismong si Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary Dante S. Delima ang nanguna na magkaloob ng mga pump engine sa mga barangay sa bayan ng Pikit, North Cotabato noong nakalipas na biyernes. Walong mga barangay na kinabibilangan ng Takepan, Dalengaoen, Panicupan, Kalakacan, Nalapaan, Lagunde, Ginatilan, at Pamalian ang nakatanggap ng mga pump engine na ipinapahiram sa kanila. Kasama ni Delima sa paglagda ng memorandum of agreement si Co...
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26Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Sept 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture's (DA) Gulayan sa Paaralan program has benefited more than 120 public elementary and secondary schools in Region 12. This program provides farm inputs for vegetable production of school beneficiaries. Begun last month, the program is a partnership between the DA and the Department of Education in the region. DA-12 Regional Executive Director Amalia J. Datukan said the program introduces the culture of farming to st...
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25Sep2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Setyembre 25 (PIA) -- Pinangunahan ng Agribusiness Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) ng Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 ang isinagawang pagpapasinaya sa bagong Barangay Food Terminal (BFT) sa Pidtinguian, Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat kahapon. Ang BFT, na kilala sa tawag na Bagsakan ng Bayan, ay isang alternatibong pamilihan kung saan ibinebenta ang mga sariwang produkto ng mga magsasaka sa murang halaga. Ayon kay DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan ...
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21Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, Sept. 21 (PIA) -- Some 30 public elementary schools in Kabacan, North Cotabato recently obtained farm inputs like seeds for vegetable production from the Department of Agriculture (DA) 12. DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia J. Datukan said the distribution is part of the program “Gulayan sa Paaralan” which DA 12 and Department of Education (DepEd) 12 jointly promote. Aside from vegetable seeds, garden tools such as shovels, rakes, hoes and plastic drums were also give...
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18Sep2012KORONADAL CITY,South Cotabato, Sept. 18 (PIA)--The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd) 12 widens the scope of the program “Gulayan sa Paaralan” by reaching out to 36 public elementary schools in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat. DA 12 distributed starter kits to schools which include seeds of squash, eggplant, okra and other various vegetable seeds. Also, planting materials like shovels, rakes, hoes, bolos, hand trowels and plastic drums were g...
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14Sep2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Set. 14 (PIA )-- Isinusulong ngayon ng Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 sa ilalim ng High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) ang pagpapatatag ng produksyon ng bawang at yellow bulb onion sa buong Rehiyon Dose. Kaugnay nito aabot sa kabuuang 25 ektaryang lupain sa iba’t-ibang lalawigan sa naturang rehiyon ang inilaan sa produksyon ng yellow bulb onion samantalang limang ektarya naman ang laan sa pagtatanim ng bawang. Sinabi ni Jocelyn F. Torres, onion and garlic fo...
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11Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Sept. 11 (PIA) --The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 promotes “Gulayan sa Paaralan” in General Santos City through the recently conducted turn over ceremony of planting materials to more than 30 public elementary and secondary schools in the said city. Through the leadership of Agricultural Program Coordinating Officer Joy Misterio, seeds of high value vegetables such as squashes, tomatoes, eggplants, and okra were distributed to school beneficiaries. ...
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10Sep2012QUEZON CITY, Sept 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) encourages students and young and amateur designers to join the “Fashion for Biotech Contest: from farms to fashion ramp” which is part of the 8th National Biotechnology Week celebration. Registration for the said contest is free. Deadline for submission of registration forms is on September 14. Forms may be downloaded at the website www.dabiotechnet.net and must be accomplished and sent to nbwphil@gmail.com or through telefa...
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03Sep2012KORONADAL CITY, September 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 under its Livestock Division promotes home meat processing as well as backyard swine raising to help swine raisers improve their income. Agri Pinoy Livestock Program Regional Coordinator Dr. John B. Pascual said backyard swine raising and meat processing can help earn money. “Through home meat processing, swine raisers themselves can make and supply meat products like ham, pork nuggets, tocino and longanisa to the mar...
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31Aug2012KORONADAL CITY, Aug 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 bolsters the expansion of garlic production areas in Region 12 as part of advancing the department’s Food Staples Self-sufficiency Program (FSSP). This is one of the strategies of the department in giving importance not only to the production of staples but also to other agricultural commodities like garlic. Jocelyn Torres, engineer, of the High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) said that they are encouraging garlic...
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31Aug2012KORONADAL CITY, Aug 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 led the promotion of cassava production as part of the department’s Food Staples Self-sufficiency Program (FSSP). To strengthen the promotion, a cassava techno-demo showcase was launched in Barangay Sinawal, General Santos City where a hectare of land was allotted for cassava farming. The said activity aims to widen cassava production in Soccsksargen region in line with the objectives pushed by FSSP. Highlight of the tec...
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17Aug2012KORONADAL CITY, August 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA)-12, in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), is advancing organic farming in public schools within the region under the program “Gulayan sa Paaralan.” Gensan-Sarangani Agricultural Program Coordinating Officer Jocelyn Misterio said DA-12 aims to impart to youths the importance and benefits of having fresh, natural and nutritious agricultural products grown the organic way. “This step is also an oppor...
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15Aug2012QUEZON CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) will provide crop insurance and free rice seeds to farmers in Luzon whose crops were damaged by floodwaters and heavy rains due to typhoons "Ferdie" and "Gener" and the southwest monsoon. In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said flood-affected farmers will receive free seeds so they could replant, as well as free crop insurance coverage worth P10,000 per hectare. He said the initial damage of 20,000 metric ton...
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09Aug2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Agosto 9 (PIA) -- Itinataguyod ngayon ng Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 ang paggamit ng low-cost high quality home-mixed feeds o mura ngunit mataas na kalidad na gawa sa bahay na pakain sa mga baboy upang makaragdag kita sa mga nag-aalaga at nagnenegosyo ng baboy. Ang naturang feeds ay pinaghalong mais, rice bran, soybean, fish meal, molasses, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, asin, copra meal at vitamin o mineral premix. Ang naturang pakain ay itinaguyod ng k...
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09Aug2012DAVAO CITY, Aug. 9 (PIA) -- Vegetable farmers from nine municipalities in Davao del Sur province have benefited from agricultural tools provided by the Department of Agriculture during the 2nd quarter this year. Provincial Information Officer Nilda Aniñon said Sarangani Island was among the recipients of knapsack sprayers for the Parish Project coordinator, while Sta. Cruz town obtained some tools for farming for three Melilia rice growers. Aniñon said the Barangay Local Government Unit (B...
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31Jul2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Hulyo 31 (PIA) -- Pinangunahan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) 12 ang pag-ani sa isa at kalahating ektaryang taniman ng kamoteng kahoy sa isinagawang cassava harvest festival noong Hulyo 27 sa Barangay Tinaungan, President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat. Pinangunahan ni DA 12 Operations Division Chief Zaldy Boloron ang naturang aktibidad kung saan iba’t-ibang klase ng kamoteng kahoy kagaya ng UPL CA-2-Lakan, NSIC CV-30-Rayong 5 at Golden Yellow ang inani mula sa mga tanima...
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27Jul2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Hulyo 27 (PIA) –--Bilang bahagi ng Food Self-Sufficiency Program (FSSP) ng Department of Agriculture (DA 12), isinusulong ng kagawaran ang produksyon ng kamoteng-kahoy sa Rehiyon Dose bilang isa sa mga staple food kagaya ng mais at kamote na tinatangkilik ng mga tao. Kaugnay nito, nagsagawa ang DA12 ng refresher course hinggil sa cassava production technology na ginanap noong Hulyo 24-25 sa Bololmala, Tupi, South Cotabato. Sa naganap na aktibidad, tinuruan ang abot sa 5...
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27Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, July 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA 12) conducted a two-day refresher course on cassava production technology on July 24-25 in Bololmala, Tupi, South Cotabato as part of the department’s Food Self-Sufficiency Program (FSSP) which focused on the production of staple foods. DA 12 Operations Division Chief Zaldy Boloron said the department aims to promote cassava as staple food like corn and potato in Region 12. “DA 12 will supply planting materials as well as ...
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27Jul2012KORONADAL CITY, July 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA 12) launched corn techno showcase or corn derby on July 23 in Barangay Malungon, Sarangani Province as part of the department’s initiative in promoting corn in the market. According to Central Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center (CEMIARC) Head, Lorna Vilbar, the demonstration of modern technology in corn production is very important because it will help farmers grow healthy plants which will result to better harve...
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23Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, Hulyo 23 (PIA) -- Pangungunahan ng mga lokal na pamahalaan ng Butuan City at Agusan del Norte ang gaganapin na 10th National Congress sa Hulyo 24 hanggang 26. Ayon kay Edna Mabeza, Department of Agriculture (DA)-Caraga regional executive director, ang nasyonal na aktibidad ay pamumunuan ng Philippine Vegetable Industry Development Board (PVIDB) at ng Caraga High Value Cluster Incorporated (ChiVeCI), sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa kagawaran ng agrikultura. Aniya, ang aktibidad ay may layu...
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21Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 21 (PIA) -- The local government units of this city and Agusan del Norte will host this year’s 10th National Vegetable Congress on July 24 to 26. In a statement, Edna Mabeza of the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Caraga said the national activity is spearheaded by the Philippine Vegetable Industry Development Board (PVIDB) and the Caraga High Value Cluster Incorporated (ChiVeCI), in coordination with the agriculture department. She said the event aims to provide vegetable pr...
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20Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 20 (PIA) -- Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has urged top Department of Agriculture (DA) officials to continue exerting efforts to attain rice sufficiency by end of 2013 and other goals under the Aquino administration’s Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP). In a statement, Alcala said the rice sufficiency goal is already in sight and asked DA officials to even work harder and deliver more, during the 3rd quarterly DA national management committee (ManCom) meeting ...
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15Jul2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Hulyo 15 (PIA) -- Duha ka proyekto sa agrikultura nga P2.7 milyon ang gitunol sa DA kun Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Unit 10 ngadto sa siyudad sa Oroquieta, bag-ohay pa lamang. Kining maong mga proyekto naglangkob sa paghimo sa FMR kun farm-to-market road nga magkutay sa Barangay Lower Rizal ngadto sa Tuyabang Alto nga nagkantidad sa P1.5 milyon, ingon man ang pagtukod Agricultural Packing Center sa Barangay Canubay. Samtang si Mayor Jose Almo...
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12Jul2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, July 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Unit (DA-RFU 10) has turned over two key agricultural infrastructure projects worth P2.7 million to the local government unit (LGU) of the city. These projects included the construction of a farm-to-market road (FMR) that connects Barangay Lower Rizal to Tuyabang Alto worth P1.5 million and the construction of the agricultural packing center (APC) worth P1.2 million in Barangay Canubay. "With ...
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12Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, July 12 (PIA) -- Mayor Vicente Emano congratulated public elementary and secondary schools and barangays that emerged winners of the Agri-Pinoy Gulayan sa Paaralan and the Likasaka sa Barangay contests. Elementary schools in Dansolihon, San Simon, Balulang, Bayanga and Baikingon and secondary schools in Bayanga, Balulang, Tagpangi, Tuburan and Tumpagon won the Agri-Pinoy Gulayan sa Paaralan contest. The program was launched by the Department of Agriculture, ...
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10Jul2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, July 10 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala will arrive on Thursday, July 11 in Surigao City for a three-day visit in the province. Provincial agriculturist Gromyko Geraldino said upon arrival at the Surigao City Airport, Alcala along with his undersecretaries and all regional directors will proceed to Siargao Island for an executive committee meeting. Geraldino said they will be expecting around 120 guests from DA together with heads of its att...
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10Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture has called on the continued support of farmer groups, local government officials and the private sector to attain the major goals under the Aquino government’s Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP). In a statement, Secretary Proceso J. Alcala made the call recently at the launch of the FSSP policy document during the Makina-Saka 2012 or 2nd Agri Machinery Roadshow, attended by about 2,000 members of Irrigators’ Associations (IAs)...
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05Jul2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, July 5 (PIA) -- The Integrated Pest Management of the Department of Agriculture (IPM-DA) is warning the coconut farmers of Misamis Occidental about a newly discovered pest. The Brontispa pests has caused the IPM-DA a lot of concern since it has already damaged some 1.6 million coconut trees nationwide, Dr. Jesus Binamira, IPM-DA National Officer, said. Recently, the pest had been spotted in Zamboanga sel Sur, particularly in Pagadian City, and the IPM-DA fea...
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03Jul2012QUEZON CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- It is a transparency project, nothing else. This was the statement of Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala as he explained reports that regional offices are gathering and sending agriculture project details to the central office. “The DA (Department of Agriculture) is not conducting a project audit. We can leave that task to the anti-graft agencies. What we are trying to do here at the moment is to make all our DA activities transparent through a project tha...
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02Jul2012QUEZON CITY, June 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture is encouraging more private sector partners to support the Aquino administration’s Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) to attain sufficiency in rice and other food staples by the end of 2013. In a statement posted on its website, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said the private sector can consider investing in grains handling and processing, and farm services outsourcing that could result in more efficient rice production,...
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29Jun2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 29 (PIA) -- The Integrated Pest Management of the Department of Agriculture (IPM-DA) said it has discovered new pests here that could bring harm to farmlands in the province. One of these pests is called the Rice Green Bulk, which is more dangerous than the Black Bug, according to Dr. Jesus Binamira, National IPM Program Officer. Binamira said they have no idea, yet, where the pests come from or what produces them, but that it has already infected so...
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28Jun2012COTABATO CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- Local officials of Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao lauded Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala during a farmers’ forum here last June 19, 2012. Sultan Kudarat Mayor Tocao Mastura said the people, particularly the agricultural community in the area, are thankful for the visit and engagement in a fruitful open dialogue by a cabinet secretary for the first time. The dialogue was with estimated 2,000 farmers and fisherfolks as well as local o...
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28Jun2012KORONADAL CITY, June 28 (PIA) -- Farmer and farmer group beneficiaries of the Agri-Pinoy programs and special projects take center stage in Department of Agriculture (DA) 12’s celebration of the Department’s 114th anniversary. This year’s celebration theme is “Sa Matuwid na Daan, Pagkain ay Sapat, Kabuhayan ay Angat.” Civil Service Commission Regional Director Grace Saqueton is this year’s keynote speaker. The celebration started with a fun walk/motorcade and a Christian ...
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23Jun2012KORONADAL CITY, June 23 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture Secretay Proceso Alcala inaugurated two irrigation projects in Pikit, North Cotabato during his visit to the province last Tuesday, June 19. The said irrigation projects are the Panicupan Chrislam Dam and the Nalapaan Stream Check, which are implemented by the Malitubog-Maridagao (MalMar) Irrigation Project Management Office. According to the aforementioned office, the Panicupan Chrislam Dam can service 430 hectares of farmland...
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22Jun2012CLARIN, Misamis Occidental, June 22 (PIA) -- The rice farmers of Clarin may turn out to be the suppliers of quality breeds of rice, not only in the province of Misamis Occidental, but also in the entire region of Northern Mindanao. This, after they were seen to have mastered the knowledge and skills in breeding rice varieties for five years now, Jose Satorre, Mis. Occ. Provincial Agriculturist, said. He said Clarin was made a pilot area for Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) by the Southeast A...
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22Jun2012OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, June 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA), in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), conducted the 1st Provincial Rubber Industry Forum in the city recently. The activity was aimed at giving the rubber growers and farm technicians the latest developments and other information about the rubber industry in Misamis Occidental. As it is, DA helps the farmers in the development of agricultural products, while DTI takes charge of...
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19Jun2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, June 19 (PIA) -- Two government agencies in Eastern Visayas have organized an orientation-seminar on food safety and proper food handling for Barangay Food Terminals (BFTs). The Department of Agriculture (DA-8), in cooperation with the Bureau of Agriculture and Fishery Products Standards (BAFPS), recently conducted an orientation-seminar on Food Safety, Quality and Proper Food Handling for BFTs at the Ritz Tower de Leyte. DA-8 stated that the seminar-workshop was conducte...
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14Jun2012COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao, June 14 (PIA) -- The first banana harvest festival was held on June 7 in Ampatuan, Maguindanao. The festival was held in a 35-hectare planation of the “Lakatan” variety of the EKA Salam Farmers Multipurpose Cooperative in Sitio Sabaduan, Kauran in Ampatuan. The Department of Agriculture (DA) initiated the festival, through the High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP), one of the banner programs of the agriculture department encouraging farmers to engage in ...
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14Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- Awards are now at stake for professional journalists whose focus is on agriculture stories that capture the agricultural landscape of the times. Now on its 6th year, the Bright Leaf Awards is again in search for the best works of journalists, who through their print stories, radio segments, television features, and photographs have promoted or created awareness on the most current agricultural issues and best farming practices. Bright Leaf Agriculture David ...
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12Jun2012ILOILO CITY, June 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas has launched a year-round Rat Control Program to stop rat infestation in the region. The program focuses on the control of pests, most especially rats, because of farm damages and illnesses they bring. DA-6 Focal Person on Rat and Pest Control Rene Famoso said with the continuous round of cropping because of adequate water supply, rats do not leave the farms anymore as they have food there. “We are relentles...
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09Jun2012CABARROGUIS, Quirino, June 9 (PIA) -- In support to the AGRI-PINOY program of the Aquino administration, the Department of Agriculture regional field unit (DA-RFU 2) will provide P10 million to the provincial local government unit for the rehabilitation, construction, and provision of corn post-harvest facilities here. Among the post-harvest facilities to be constructed are 30-ton corn cob dryer amounting to P3.5 million; 30 TPH Corn Sheller with cob storage, P1.8 million; electrical system f...
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08Jun2012CEBU CITY, June 8 (PIA) -- An organic stall will soon be established in Cebu before the year ends as the Department of Agriculture (DA) pushes for massive public awareness on the importance of organic products. Cris Lucero, chief of the Agribusiness Division of DA 7, bared that they are still scouting on the appropriate local government unit and an operator to man the organic stall. “The stall will exclusively display all kinds of organic products and should be placed in a strategic area,...
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08Jun2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, June 8 (PIA) -- Around 200 farmers and fishermen coming from 16 towns of this province got their long-awaited start-up capital for their agriculture-based ventures yesterday at the city gym here. The loan assistance of P 10,000 per beneficiary without interest and collateral, was coursed through the Agrikultura: Kaagapay ng Bayang Pinoy Program (AKBay) program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in coordination with the various local government units and the agric...
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08Jun2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, June 8 (PIA) -- For Beaunoni Yepes, a farmer from the upland barangay of Cambaro, Macrohon, the P10,000 financial assistance from the Agrikultura: Kaagapay ng Bayang Pinoy (AKBay) program will be more than enough to buy pipes so water could flow into his two-hectare farm. Yepes was one of the 200 beneficiaries of the AKBay fund of the Department of Agriculture (DA) that provides opportunities through income-generating projects related to agriculture. Most of the ...
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07Jun2012GENERAL TRIAS, Cavite, June 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture recently donated a farm tractor to farmers in this municipality to further improve their agricultural yield. In his message, DA Secretary Proceso Alcala expressed his aspiration to strengthen the cooperation between the local government of General Trias and the Department of Agriculture (DA) on various programs and projects that will uplift the living standard and income of the farmers, especially the town’s vast potential l...
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06Jun2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, June 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture intends to increase rice production from five to 10 percent through farm mechanization and postharvest, and will award machines to farmers in this regard. So says Cesar BalaJadia, Visayas region cluster head of the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PhilMech), saying that government will award to farmers’ groups in Eastern Visayas more than P163.9 million worth of far...
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05Jun2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, June 5 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 12 will gather 300 sector stakeholders in the first Regional Livestock and Poultry Congress in General Santos City to advance the global competitiveness of Soccsksargen’s livestock and poultry industry. The two-day congress, which starts on Wednesday, June 6, will be attended by representatives from hog, poultry, dairy, cattle and small ruminant sectors, feed millers, local government officials and ...
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04Jun2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, June 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture in Northern Mindanao (DA-10) through its Crops Division renewed its partnership with the Department of Education-10 (DepEd-10), Department of Social Welfare and Development-10 (DSWD-10), local government units, and other government agencies to continue the implementation and the advocacy of the Agri-Pinoy Gulayan sa Paaralan Project in a meeting conducted last May 24, this city. Primarily, Agri-Pinoy Gulayan sa Paaralan Projec...
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28May2012QUEZON CITY, May 28 (PIA) -- Biotechnology will hep the country attain food security, said Agriculture Undersecretary for Policy, Planning, and Research and Development Segfredo Serrano during a previous seminar co-organized by the National Academy of Science and Technology. According to a press release, Serrano said, “We have more challenges. Before, we just talk about food security which is a forever issue in this country. But beyond productivity and competitiveness, we need to be able to a...
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28May2012QUEZON CITY, MAY 28 (PIA) -- Even scientists promoting Bt eggplant are against excessive and injudicious use of chemical pesticides. In a press release, Dr. Emiliana Bernardo, an entomologist, said that said that eggplant farmers tend to practice excessive use of insecticides in eggplant farms, and that Bt eggplant is a safer alternative. She said that farmers spray insecticides up to 80 times per season, or which translates to applying chemicals every other day just to rid their farms of...
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24May2012QUEZON CITY, May 24 (PIA) -– The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and Department of Agriculture (DA) signed an agreement to boost women’s economic empowerment through agri-business, PCW said in a press release Tuesday. “Agencies can pull together resources to make government more effective in forming women’s sustainable micro-enterprises,” said Chairperson of the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) Remedios Ignacio-Rikken after the signing ceremonies last May 17 at Malacañang Pa...
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18May2012QUEZON CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The government is set to send to China a team of experts from the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) led by Director Clarito Barron to present the Philippines’ plant quarantine protocols, as well as coordinate and validate with their Chinese counterparts in Beijing that Philippine bananas are of export quality and free from insects, according to a press release by the DA posted on its website. “We want to make sure that Philippine ba...
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18May2012DAVAO CITY, May 18 – President Benigno S. Aquino III said that the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) is a program that promotes inclusive growth and good governance. Aquino made the statement as he addressed last May 14 the gathering of farmers, fisherfolks, indigenous peoples, and rural women during DA-MRDP People’s Organizations Congress held in Davao City. “Pagdating po sa kaunlaran, walang sinuman ang dapat maiwan—‘yan po ang bisyon na...
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16May2012TAGUM, Davao del Norte, May 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture has pledged P500,000 for the Care for School Chairs Program (CFSC) of the city government. During his 30-minute visit in Tagum City’s motor pool on May 14, DA secretary Proceso J. Alcala gave his support to mayor Rey T. Uy’s program. The said amount, which will be charged against the department’s information and dissemination funds, will be given to Tagum for the acquisition of paints and other materials needed to furt...
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15May2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Eastern Visayas leads this year’s observance of Farmers and Fisher folks’ Month with the theme, “Sapat na pagkain, Sama-sama Nating Kamtin.” DA-8 regional executive director Antonio Gerundio Jr., said that the theme for this year’s celebration is apt and timely as the DA is frontloading its resources and focusing efforts to attain self-sufficiency in rice and major staples by end of 2013. The month-long celeb...
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14May2012DAVAO CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- President Benigno C. Aquino III lauded today the achievements of the Department of Agriculture’s Mindanao Rural Development Program (DA-MRDP) in alleviating the living conditions of the rural and coastal folks in Mindanao. “Sa tulong ng MRDP, itinataguyod natin ang pagkakaroon ng sapat na pagkain sa hapag ng bawat pamilya, ang pagkakaloob ng disenteng trabaho, at marangal na pamumuhay (With the help of the MRDP, we can uphold the need of each Filipino family for ...
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14May2012ILOILO CITY, May 14 (PIA6) -- Farmers in Western Visayas are urged to avail from the funding of P21 million for organic farming initiatives. This requires a shift from modern chemical-laden farming to chemical-free agriculture but government is ready to assist, according to the Department of Agriculture-6 (DA). DA Focal Person for Organic Agriculture Dr. Hector Peñaranda said the funding has been made available through the full-swing implementation of Republic Act 10068 or the Organic A...
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12May2012TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, May 12 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture secretary Proceso J. Alcala is scheduled to visit Eastern Visayas on May 30 to 31 to conduct dialogues with farmers, fisher folks, local government officials and agri-fishery industry stakeholders as one of the department’s lined up activities in observance of May as Farmers and Fisher folks’ month. This was announced by Francis Rosaroso, DA-8 information officer during the Suruswerte ha PIA radio program Friday. The dialogue ...
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10May2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) is distributing 6,000 hybrid banana shoots to farmers here under its rehabilitation assistance to farmers affected by typhoon Juan last year. Teresa Desay of the Office of Provincial Agriculturist (OPAG) said the “lacatan” banana variety being distributed came from Davao City, known for its booming banana industry and the country’s top exporter of the product. DA is advocating tissue-culture technology in propagati...
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10May2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, May 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture’s five-croppings-in-two-years program has formally commenced last May 7, when the National Irrigation Administration – Magat River Integrated irrigation System (NIA-MRIIS) released water from the dam to the irrigation canals. Helsy Bermudez, NIA-MRIIS operations manager, said the release of water last Monday is the official start of the agriculture department’s five-in-two program aimed at increasing palay yield to meet...
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08May2012NAGA CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- More than 800 local chief executives all over Luzon and other stakeholders gathered at the Avenue Plaza Hotel over the weekend for the Luzon-wide Awareness Seminar on the Development and Promotion of Organic Agriculture in the country. The conference, graced by Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, aims to raise the awareness of the local leaders, particularly the municipal mayors on the implementation of Republic Act 10068, an act providing for the development and pro...
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08May2012ILAGAN, Isabela, May 8 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture is promoting an alternative staple food to meet the country’s food self-sufficiency program by 2013. The food self-sufficiency program of the government aims to produce sufficient supply of food for Filipinos by year 2013 without importing from other rice-producing countries in the world just to supply the needed food for all Filipinos. Assistant secretary for field operations and Agripinoy corn program coordinator Edilberto M. de Lun...
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30Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 30 (PIA6) -- Six cooking enthusiasts in the region showed how vegetables can be prepared in such a way that they get the taste preferences of even those who are not fond of veggies. The six were actually contestants in the regional recipe contest held last April 27, by the National Nutrition Council (NNC-6) in the region, designed to develop low-cost, easy to prepare, and nutritious vegetable dishes. NNC Regional Coordinator Nona Tad-y said the contest provided a venue whe...
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30Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas has increased its rice production target to about 2.3 million metric tons (MT) from last year’s 2.2 million MT. DA-6 Director Larry Nacionales said they have increased their target to help in the country’s rice stability program, as the region has sufficient rice for five consecutive years. Nacionales said they saw the need to supplement the rice supplies of other areas in the country, particularly those w...
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29Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 28 (PIA) -- Production of pectin from mango peels can be upscaled to meet the country’s requirements for pectin, according to a study of the Department of Agriculture. This is the result of the recently concluded nine-month research jointly undertaken by the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PhilMech) and the Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI), an agency sta...
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28Apr2012By Rizalie A. Calibo LARENA, Siquijor, April 28 (PIA) -- At least 10 projects for the 4-H club of Siquijor province were funded by the Department of Agriculture-Training Institute in Region 7, according to a report from the office of the provincial agriculturist here. Supervising Agriculturist Roselyn Bonachita said the projects that totaled P550,000 were distributed to the different 4-H clubs of the municipalities to give them livelihood opportunities. Three of these are goat raising project...
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28Apr2012LARENA, Siquijor, Apr 28 (PIA) -- For five consecutive years, Siquijor province has maintained its title as grand champion in the yearly Regional Farm Family Forum and Training Workshop of the Department of Agriculture in Region 7, said supervising agriculturist Roselyn Bonachita of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist here. Now on its 22nd year, this year’s congress was filled with trainings and workshops on different crops and livestock production management and contests such as cassa...
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27Apr2012ILAGAN, Isabela, April 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 2 has allotted P1 million for the establishment of a trading center in the province to be a venue to market and promote the organically grown products produced by farmers. Provincial Agriculturist Danilo Tumamao said DA-2 planned to put up a trading center in the province to be a pilot project, to cater to the marketability and promotion of organically grown products in the province, which he said are being deprived o...
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25Apr2012QUEZON CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has embarked on a project to produce ‘Basmati’ rice, an aromatic, long-grain variety indigenous to India and Pakistan for possible export to Middle Eastern countries. In a statement posted on the DA website, it said that Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala last week approved the proposal of DA national rice program coordinator Assistant Secretary Dante S. Delima to conduct regional evaluation and on-farm production trials...
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17Apr2012LAMUT, Ifugao, April 17 (PIA) -- Fisher folks in the town has been expanding their fishponds since the Department of Agriculture (DA) introduced a community-based project which benefits their livelihood. Nerisa Danao, in-charge of the Fisheries Division of the Provincial Agriculture Environment and Natural Resources Office (PAENRO) here, said that 27 fisher folks in Barangay Hapid alone have expanded their fish pens when the DA-Bureau of Aquatic Research introduced the Community-based Participa...
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15Apr2012CEBU CITY, April 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA-7) has recently announced that pests are threatening the rice granary in Central Visayas. An ordinary "lygaeid" bug that feeds on legumes is now the latest pest believed to have been transmitted through irrigation canals. It is half the size of a rice bug, elongated, has a distinct odor with bigger front legs, making it more of a crawler than a flyer. Said bug is grain-sucking and panicle-eating, making it a potential threat to th...
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11Apr2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, April 11 (PIA) -- A multi-sectoral provincial technical committee was organized by the Cagayan government to ensure the proper implementation of Republic Act No. 10068, otherwise known as the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010. “This organic agriculture is a big thing not only for farmers and traders but the environment plus the sustainability of farmlands,” Governor Alvaro Antonio said. Under Section 14 on salient provisions, the local executive committees ...
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10Apr2012VIRAC, Catanduanes, April 10 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has turned over agricultural goods and projects worth P12.3 million to the province during his two-day visit in the province from April 9 to 10. During his visit, Alcala inspected existing projects and lead a dialogue with stakeholders, development partners, local investors and industry leaders and local officials lead by Governor Joseph C. Cua. Meanwhile, the farm equipment that were turned over t...
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03Apr2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Apr. 3, (PIA) -- At least 40 corn farmers who are members of a multi-purpose cooperative and women members of women’s association participated in the “exposure trip” held recently at the corn farm of Mr. Leonardo Talania in Kalawit, Zamboanga del Norte where the latter shared and explained best practices in corn production . Department of Agriculture (DA) in a press statement said the “exposure trip was aimed at encouraging the participants to strengthen their corn ...
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29Mar2012Telly Baltazar was awarded the Magsasaka Syentista for Vegetable in Cagayan. Last year, she also won the Gawad Saka regional champion award conferred by the Department of Agriculture for high-value commercial crops farmer. A government employee, Telly decided to resign from her job to focus on farming, together with her husband. They started with one and a half hectare of land planted with corn and later acquired additional hectares from the proceeds of the corn plant. To maximize the use of t...
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28Mar2012LEGAZPI CITY, March 28 (PIA) -- To uplift the livelihood condition of poor farmers in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 5 provides monetary assistance to farmers in this city through their loan program. According to Jess Callos, this city’s agriculturist, the said program aims to help the poor farmers and to give added capital for their needs. The loan program grants 40 sacks of palay, eight sacks of fertilizers, a unit of pesticide and insecticide for every one hectare ...
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26Mar2012CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Mar. 26 (PIA) -- A thousand goat and sheep raising practitioners, advocates and enthusiasts from all over the Philippines converged in Clark Freeport last week for the fifth National Goat and Sheep Congress and Trade Fair. Department of Agriculture (DA) Field Office III information officer Jun Espiritu said, “The three-day confab served as an avenue for the academic exchange of ideas among the stakeholders of goat and sheep raising which will enhance the industry an...
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23Mar2012COTABATO CITY, Mar. 23 (PIA) -- Farmers from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) gathered in a congress to promote organic farming and strengthen agricultural production. A total of 189 farmers, agriculture officials, workers and local executives from Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi gathered in the two-day Regional Vermicomposting Congress on March 19 to 20 in Cotabato City. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF)-ARMM regional information division c...
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22Mar2012CLARK FREEPORT, March 22 (PIA) -- Around 1,000 goat and sheep raising practitioners, advocates and enthusiasts from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are set to converge in Clark Freeport today for the fifth National Goat and Sheep Congress. Department of Agriculture (DA) Field Office III information officer Jun Espiritu said, “The three-day confab seeks to serve as an avenue for the exchange of ideas among the stakeholders of goat and sheep raising which will enhance the industry and a...
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20Mar2012ARITAO, Nueva Vizcaya, March 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) here is introducing a scheme designed to help onion farmers in coping up with the abnormal weather conditions that tend to destroy their crops. Celerina Miranda, DA provincial coordinator said the scheme will be proposed in response with the destruction of several onion crops in this town due to the unexpected rains in barangays Ocao, Balite, Nagcuartelan, Banganan, Cutar, Bone North, Bone South, Darapidap, and...
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19Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA), Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) and the Pampanga provincial government have awarded P16.5 million worth of machineries to 53 farmers’ groups throughout the province. This developed as the national government provided the P14,042,000 or 85 percent share of the total amount of farm machineries while the Pampanga provincial government shouldered the P2,478...
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12Mar2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, March 12 (PIA) -- The National Irrigation Administration – Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA-MRIIS) assured farmers that there are enough impounded waters in the Magat Dam to sustain the implementation of the five-croppings-in-two-years farming scheme. The farming scheme is designed by the agricultural department as one mechanism to meet the country’s objective of food self-sufficiency by the year 2013. The farming scheme is at lea...
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12Mar2012TAGBILARAN CITY, March 12 (PIA) --Bohol leads in the 2011 nationwide Search for Outstanding Philippines Organic Agriculturist Award under the Local government units category. Bohol governor Edgar Chatto revealed this recently during the 10th HEAT-Bohol Caravan held at San Miguel town on March 8. The award aims to assist the government on policies in the use of organic farming/agriculture through networking with the private sector, Department of Agriculture (DA) and ...
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09Mar2012DAVAO CITY, March 9 (PIA) -- A substantial hike for agricultural research and development is being expected by the officials of the Department of Agriculture Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) under the Aquino administration. Ricardo Cachuela, executive director of PhilMech, said that in 2012 PhilMech received about P2.1 billion higher than 2011 budget of P1.2 billion. PhilMech is an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture taske...
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07Mar2012BALANGA CITY, Bataan, March 7 (PIA) -- To merit the 2011 Rice Achievers Award, Balanga has implemented several agricultural initiatives. Balanga City Mayor Joet Garcia prioritized food security and the stability of farmers and fisher folks. Garcia continually initiated agricultural programs which proved to be beneficial to both the farmers and the consumers. One of the agricultural programs of the city is the Binhian ng Bayan which supported the Seed Subsidy Program where farme...
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07Mar2012What 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 P...
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07Mar2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, March 7(PIA) -- Some 10,000 farmers received seed subsidy the provincial government and the Department of Agriculture (DA) here as part of the government’s typhoon assistance to the affected agricultural sector. Fidel Ballesteros, assistant provincial agriculturist, said the 10,000 affected farmers have been given with 20 kilograms each of certified seeds. “These farmers have been affected by typhoons Quiel and Pedring last year. Right now ...
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05Mar2012CLARK FREEPORT, March 5 (PIA) -- Central Luzon has obtained a 132-percent rice sufficiency level last year despite being havocked by twin strong typhoons Pedring and Quiel. In an interview during the recently concluded North Luzon consultation for the 2011 to 2017 Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan (AFMP), Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Executive Director Andrew Villacorta noted that the rice sector was able to recover from its 500,000-metric ton loss from the said we...
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04Mar2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, March 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has released steps on how to handle dead birds or poultry suspected with avian influenza or bird flu. According to the DA in Central Luzon, upon receiving report from the farmer, the livestock inspector (LI) or municipal agriculturist officer (MAO) must verify and report immediately to the Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet). After this, the Provincial Action Team will go to the site where the...
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03Mar2012LA TRINIDAD, Benguet, March 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has adopted an alternative model to boost agricultural productivity and transform agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) into viable entrepreneurs. A paradigm shift in implementing a business based-development enterprise among ARBs, DAR launched the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) program which intends to achieve ‘economies of scale’ in agricultural pro...
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03Mar2012TACLOBAN CITY Leyte, March 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Unit Region 8 recently gathered the key stakeholders for a two-day orientation and project proposal writeshop at the Leyte Park Hotel, as DA-8 Regional Executive Director (RED) Antonio G. Gerundio exhorted these key players to put together in writing their strategies to transform the 20,000-hectare area in Ormoc-Kananga (OK), Leyte upland range into a major grower of semi-temperate vegetables and high value c...
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02Mar2012ILAGAN, Isabela, March 2 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary for Field Operations Edilberto de Luna urged Isabela farmers to plant white corn in support to the food self-sufficiency program of the government. De Luna made the appeal during the 2nd Farmers Congress held at the Isabela capitol on February 29, 2012 where he was the guest of honor. He said the effects of climate change in the country might affect the sufficiency supply level of food and the ...
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29Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Soccsksargen Region’s Department of Agriculture (DA-12) today announced it has began accepting nominees to this year’s national Gawad Saka Search. DA-12 Regional Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan, through a press release, explained that Gawad Saka is an annual undertaking that recognizes farmer’s contributions in the devel...
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27Feb2012ILOILO CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA6) – The Municipality of Dingle, Iloilo was named one of the top 50 rice-producing municipalities and cities in the country in the recent 2011 Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers’ Awards or “Parangal sa mga Bosing ng Palayan” of the Department of Agriculture. The said municipality received a P1 million cash prize to be used for its agricultural projects, in ceremonies held at Pasay City. Dingle Municipal Agriculturist M...
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27Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 27 (PIA) -- Pinoys are urged to eat more root crops like kamote, cassava and bananas as substitutes for rice and help the country achieve its aim of “zero rice importation” by 2014. Angel Enriquez, regional technical director of the Department of Agriculture (DA) 7 said their agency is promoting the consumption of food staples such as “kamote,” cassava and banana and eat it with rice. “If we consume more food staples a...
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23Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala welcomed World Bank (WB) country director for the Philippines Motoo Konishi at a recent dinner meeting in Davao City, a statement said in the Department of Agriculture's (DA) website. During the meeting, the two officials were joined by WB sustainable development sector director for East Asia John Roome and sustainable development leader for the Philippines Mark Woodward. Alcala expressed his gra...
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23Feb2012CEBU CITY, February 23 (PIA) -- Maintaining Cebu as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and avian-flu free is one of the program priorities of the Department of Agriculture (DA) 7 under its Agri-Pinoy Livestock Program. DA 7 Regional Livestock Coordinator Joel Elumba bared that Cebu and the rest of Central Visayas has been internationally declared free from FMD and avian flu by the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) or the World Organization for Animal Health. “Since ea...
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23Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- Do you know of a farmer who promotes and practices organic agriculture? There is still one week to nominate him to the Search for the Outstanding Philippine Organic Agriculturists Awards (TOPOA). The search was launched last year by the Rotary Club of Cubao East, the Bantayog, and the Senate, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture. There are three categories namely the individual, the group (whether it is an ...
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22Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has provided a seed fund to assist food retailers in five municipalities of Negros Oriental adversely affected by the recent 6.9-magnitude earthquake, a statement posted on its website (www.da.gov.ph) said. In a report to Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, DA region 7 director Leo Cañeda said the retailers have to date sold a total of P5 million worth of basic food items. Cañeda said efforts of...
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22Feb2012DAVAO CITY, Feb. 22 (PIA) -- Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala issued a memorandum order for the temporary ban on the importation of animals, their products and by products originating from Paraguay. Report submitted to the Office of International des Epizooties states that there was an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Paraguay which was confirmed in a cattle farm in San Pedro Aguaray Amista, San Pedro Paraguay last January 2, 2012. Alcala ord...
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18Feb2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 18 (PIA6) -- A total of 6,827 bags of fertilizers from the Department of Agriculture (DA) is being distributed by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) to the various local government units (LGUs) in Capiz, in view of the DA’s rice ratooning project. Ratooning is a technique where the rice stubbles after the main harvest are allowed to produce new growth that will bear new panicles that are harvestable in just 45 to 60 days later. &nbs...
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16Feb2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 16 -- The rat infestation in the provinces of Isabela and Quirino in Cagayan Valley (Region 2) is under control, according to Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 2 Director Lucrecio R. Alviar, Jr. In his report to Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, Alviar said the infestation was slight, as damage was only confined to palay crops planted along creeks and irrigation canals. Alviar said that in Isabela, about 7,977 hectares were slightly affected, co...
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16Feb2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, Feb. 17 (PIA) -- Eight barangays in Kidapawan City recently received P5-million worth of livelihood projects from the Department of Agriculture Region12 (DA-12). DA-12’s assistance to Brgys. Amazion, Junction, Linangkob, Singao, Kalaisan, Paco, San Roque, and Macebolig were channeled via the agency’s Mindanao Rural Development Program-Community Fund for Agricultural Development (MRDP-CFAD). During the 14th foundation anniversary...
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16Feb2012COTABATO CITY, Peb 16 (PIA) -- Bilang bahagi ng pagpupursige sa pag-angat sa kabuhayan ng mga mamamayan sa autonomous region pinasinayaan kamakailan ang Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Central Rubber Nursery ng Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) sa Sta. Clara, lungsod ng Lamitan. Pinangunahan ni ARMM OIC-Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman ang pasinaya kasama sina DAF Secretary Sangkula Tindick, Basilan Provincial Agricultural Officer Dr. Rogelio Bahinting, Auditor Ki...
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16Feb2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Feb. 16 (PIA6) -- Groups of interviewers are gathering data on farmers and farmlands provincewide in view of the National Farmers Registry System (NFRS) that was developed by the Department of Agriculture (DA). “These interviewers were briefed and trained by DA through the support of local government units before the data gathering kicked off last December,” said Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) Public Information Officer Teddy Buenvenida. ...
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15Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 15 -- Various agriculture and fishery projects in Northern Mindanao were handed over and inspected on the initiative of Department of Agriculture. Aside from this, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala also conducted a series of farmers and fisherfolks’ forum in Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro. In the island-province of Camiguin, Alcala declared commitments to the agri-sector in the area by handing o...
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15Feb2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Feb. 15 (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) recently awarded six municipalities here as among the 50 top performers on rice production sufficiency in the country. The DA awarded the municipalities of Aritao, Bagabag, Bayombong, Dupax del Sur, Dupax del Norte, and Solano with the Agri Pinoy Rice Achievers Awards, a recognition given by the DA for municipalities, cities and other agriculture organizations who have given exemplary contribution on rice...
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15Feb2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- Seaweeds production in Palawan grew by 4.4 percent in 2011 maintaining its place as the number one seaweeds-producing province in the country providing a profitable alternative livelihood to 10,000 farmers. In the latest data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), Palawan produced almost 99 percent of the volume of production of the entire Mimaropa, which accounted for 483,190.8 metric tons (MT). The top five seaweed-pr...
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15Feb2012CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela, February 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 2 bared that the two Isabela citie, four Isabela municipalities and six Nuevmunicipalities of Nueva Vizcaya are 2011 Agripinoy rice achiever awardees. Orlando Lorenzana, DA 2 technical director, said the awardees received the award on February 10 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila. Lorenzana said that the cities of Cauayan and Santiago won in the city ca...
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15Feb2012CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 15 -- The city has received agri-assistance totaling to P22,621,880 from the government for agricultural projects in the aftermath of the typhoon Sendong. Among the major projects handed over by Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala include farm-to-market worth P15 million, barangay food terminal, P2 million, and multi-purpose drying pavements (MPDPs), P1 million. Sec. Alcala also inspected the Balingasag River Irrigation Project, which covers the mu...
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12Feb2012CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- Six towns in Nueva Ecija, one in Bulacan and a city in Bataan are among the 50 cities and municipalities who were recipients of the "2011 Ang Pinoy Rice Achievers Award or the Parangal sa mga Bossing ng Palayan." Winning towns in Nueva Ecija are San Isidro, Sto. Domingo, Gen. Tinio, Sta. Rosa, Guimba an...
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12Feb2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 12 – Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala turned over an estimated P22.6-million worth of farm equipment and agricultural goods to the local government of Iligan City. This consisted of P15-milllion worth of funds for the repair and rehabilitation of farm to market roads (FMR) destroyed by the typhoon Sendong affecting the city last December 2011. Sec. Alcala handed the said amount to Cong...
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10Feb2012CORDON, Isabela, Feb. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) 2 and the local government unit of Cordon joined its resources in establishing a greenhouse for vegetable seedling production to be distributed to residents here. The greenhouse establishment is a joint project of the LGU – Cordon and DA to boost vegetable production in the town and in the region as a whole. Municipal Agriculturist Relly Cruz said officials of the local government unit of Cordon led by M...
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10Feb2012PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Feb. 10 (PIA) -- The government has poured around P35 million worth of farm inputs and implements to boost production and recover the losses brought by calamities to thousands of farmers in Caraga Region last year. Inputs and implements included farm tractors, green houses, irrigation equipment, power sprayers, farm animals, planting materials, coffee de-huller, fish fingerlings and fishing paraphernalia, fertilizers, and other farming mate...
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10Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 10 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala allayed fears of a rice shortage in earthquake struck areas in Cebu and Negros. He said NFA rice supply in these areas will last for 23 days. "Actually, kapag isinama iyon sa hawak ng mga farmer at commercial store, it will last even for 73 days. Wala pong problema sa bigas (If the NFA rice stock will be combined with the stocks of the farmers and commercial stores, it will last even for 73 days. The...
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08Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) has launched the “Schools for Practical Agriculture” (SPA) or “Sanayan ng Pasasaka at Adhikaing Agrikultura,” a training concept with a more holistic and integrated community-based agribusiness ecotourism program where farmer-leaders will serve as the teachers and the community extension workers as learners with their farm lots as the “school&rdquo...
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07Feb2012BOAC, Marinduque, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has engaged the services of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) to prepare a full blown feasibility study and other documents required by the National and Economic Development Authority (NEDA) for agricultural programs in the province. The DAP team of consultants conducted assessment of existing agri-fishery situations and consultation with farmers and fishermen, concerned local government units and other ...
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07Feb2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, 7 Feb. (PIA) -- Surigao del Sur is one of the top 10 provinces in the country that will receive P4,000,000 reward being an Agri-Pinoy Awardee on Friday, February 10, at Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). According to Governor Johnny Pimentel, this was due to the “good performance” through the implementation of programs and projects that contributed to the increase in rice production in the province. Pimentel told Capi...
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07Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has stopped the issuance of permit to cut coconut trees in the Bicol Region. This, after Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala directed Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) Administrator Euclides Forbes and PCA Bicol regional director Eduardo Allorde to cease the issuing of permit and impose a ban on the cutting of coconut trees. Such trees are usually the source of coco lumber and other construction mat...
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06Feb2012QUEZON 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...
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05Feb2012MANILA, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- The World Bank (WB) has seen a 15.5 percent rise in the income of poor families, particularly those who benefited from the Mindanao Rural Development Program phase 2 (MRDP2), a WB-funded program implemented by the Department of Agriculture. Carolina Figueroa-Geron, WB specialist, said DA-MRDP2 has contributed to increasing the income of beneficiaries, mostly small farmers and fisherfolk, during a press briefing January 30 in Davao. Geron said that from a...
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04Feb2012AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Feb. 4 (PIA) -- After the Provincial Government of Agusan del Norte attain the reclassification of their land conducted by the Dept. of Agriculture (DA) in Brgy. Sanghan, Cabadbaran City where the new Capitol building will be constructed, the land conversion by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will soon follow. DAR promised that they will fast track the land conversion of the said land from an agricultural to an industr...
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03Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) – Department Agriculture (DA) Secretary Alcala is pushing for the upgrading of research centers and laboratories of Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) to meet international standards. This is according to PCA administrator Euclides Forbes during Thursday’s episode of the Talking Points radio program aired simultaneously over Radyo ng Bayan and People’s Television-4. Forbes said PCA is continuously conducting researches to support the coconut an...
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03Feb2012CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) of the Department of Agriculture MIMAROPA conducted training on organic farming in Barangay Pinagsabangan I, Naujan today. The training aims to orient farmers on using organic fertilizers in planting rice and vegetables and organic feeding in swine production. It is a joint project of ATI and the local government units of Calapan City, Naujan, and Baco, with the support of two non-government organ...
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03Feb2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Feb. 3 (PIA) - The provincial government of Agusan del Sur has made it among the top 10 provinces in the Philippines which has laudable performance in rice production since 2008. This was confirmed after the recently-concluded national evaluation on Jan. 26 for the Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers Awards. The Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers Awards program is launched by the Philippine Government through the Department of Agriculture in line with the vision of achieving Rice Self-Suff...
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03Feb2012AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- A parcel of land owned by the provincial government of Agusan del Norte has now been classified as a commercial and industrial land, different from its original classification as an agricultural land. The Department of Agriculture (DA) certified the application of the provincial government of Agusan del Norte for the reclassification of its land in Barangay Sanghan, Cabadbaran City where a new provincial building will be constructed. A certific...
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03Feb2012SABLAYAN, Occidental Mindoro, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- A total of almost P17 million worth of farm machinery, equipment and inputs were turned over by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to organized groups like farmers' cooperatives and irrigators' associations in Sablayan, during the municipality's celebration of their 110th founding anniversary on Jan. 26. The turnover was held in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro and was graced by Governor Josephine Ramirez-Sato, Vice Governor Gene Mendiola and Ma...
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03Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) is encouraging rice farmers, particularly those served by major irrigation systems in Luzon, to advance their ‘cropping calendar’ by a month or two to avoid typhoons that visit during the months of October to November. “We are usually hit by strong typhoons in October, so we have to set the (cropping) season earlier,” Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said in a statement. He said the DA, throu...
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02Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Philippine Coconut Authority Administrator Euclides Forbes said on Thursday that Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala wants to make the agency’s laboratories and research centers at par with international standards. According to Forbes, Alcala reasoned that the since country's coconut products are of high quality, the industry should also be tops in laboratory capability. Forbes said they have already allocated more funds...
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02Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala has turned over some P35 million worth of farm inputs and implements to DA-Caraga to improve farm production in the region. According to report, all five provinces and six cities of Caraga Region will benefit from the farm inputs composed of farm tractors, green houses, irrigation equipment, power sprayer, planting materials, seedlings, fishing paraphernalia, among others. The funding s...
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02Feb2012CAMIGUIN, Mambajao, February 2, 2012 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala met with more than 100 farmers and fisherfolks during the “Agri-Pinoy Stakeholders Forum” at the Mambajao Bagsakan Complex, yesterday. Stakeholders took the opportunity to pour in their concerns to the secretary, mostly centered on technology update. &...
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31Jan2012DAVAO CITY, Jan 31. PIA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now planning to replicate the certain components of the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) in Central Luzon after receiving favorable feedback from the local government units covered in the program as well as a favorable assessment from the World Bank. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, during his visit in the city Monday, bared that the agency is now working together with the World Bank team in preparing for ...
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31Jan2012PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- The five-hectare Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) – Inland Sea Ranching Project (ISRP) in Sta. Lucia Environmental Estate will ensure the sustainable development and management of fishery and aquatic resources not only in the city but also the rest of the province. Three new facilities in the BFAR-ISRP project site was inaugurated recently by Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala and City Mayor Edward S. Hagedorn in...
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29Jan2012LAGAWE, Ifugao, Jan. 29 (PIA)--The Department of Agriculture through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, in cooperation with the Department of Education, will conduct the competitive examination for the Fisheries Scholarship Program on March 17, 2012. The exam is open to high school graduates/graduating students who are Filipino citizens, not more than 20 years old and certified by their school heads as among the top ten of the graduating class in which they belong and ...
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29Jan2012ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 29 (PIA6) – Capiz Governor Victor Tanco Tanco will meet with the members of the Provincial Local Technical Committee on Organic Agriculture on January 31 to discuss the salient features of the Organic Act of 2010, and to present the provincial plans and programs that are being funded by the Department of Agriculture. Included in said agenda are discussions on the proposed organic food terminal, proposed Maayon town integrated farm and the presentati...
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28Jan2012TUGUEGARAO CITY, Jan 28, (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Education (DepEd) region 2 have targeted the more than 2,000 public schools regionwide in their orientation activities for the establishment of “gulayan sa paaralan” program this year. Prisca Baquiran, agriculture information officer, said the two agencies have started implementing the program early last year wherein they have already reached out 1, 191 schools for the orientati...
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28Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) and Land Bank of the Philippines has forged an agreement to launch a P400 million loan program for rice farmers in four pilot provinces. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala and LBP President and CEO Gilda E. Pico launched the loan program as one of the credit components of the Aquino administration’s food security flagship program, aptly called, "Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP)." The DA...
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27Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) has revealed that while a flatbed drier (FBD) is basically designed to dry palay, it can also be used to dry cassava. Proof of which are the farmers in Quirino belonging to Abrasa Multi-Purpose Cooperative (AMPC) in Diffun who have been using their FBD efficiently and conveniently, since July 2010, in drying cassava even during rainy season, thus giving them sustained income, the DA said. More importantly, the DA ...
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26Jan2012NEGROS OCC., January 26 (PIA6)—The National Food Authority here will aggressively procure rice from local sources specifically, from the island of Panay to fill up its deficit for this year. NFA Provincial Manager Marianito Bejemino told PIA that the agency has projected that 400,000 bags of rice will be bought from the neighboring island. He said the Department of Agriculture has announced a lower rice importation in 2012 and only about 100,000 bags of rice is expected...
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26Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- The Philippine agriculture industry grew by 2.34 percent in 2011, bannered by the crops, livestock and poultry subsectors, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday. The DA said the combined positive performance of the three subsectors served as a cushion, as the fishery subsector registered negative growth due to dwindling fish population caused by overfishing, illegal fishing practices, and successive typhoons during the second semester of 2...
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25Jan2012SORSOGON CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso J. Alcala will be awarding checks, including agricultural comprehensive scholarships to farmers, fisher folks and irrigators, a total of 200 beneficiaries on Jan. 26 at the Sorsogon Provincial Gymnasium under the "Agrikultura: Kaagapay ng Bayang Pinoy (AKBAY)" program. The beneficiaries were previously identified and have undergone validation by the four different attached agencies of DA as those ...
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24Jan2012MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Jan 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 8 Office is planning on having three major points in the region to serve as its food gateways, a technical consultant revealed to the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Thursday. Leo Abejuela, the technical consultant and adviser on a special agriculture program in the region said the three cities of Ormoc, Maasin, and Calbayog were selected because of the presence of functional shipping ...
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24Jan2012KORONADAL CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- Corn farmers who prefer natural means of controlling borer pests have more help coming this year. The Department of Agriculture through its Food Staples Sufficiency Program is promoting application of environment-friendly and inexpensive means of pest control such as use of natural biological co...
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24Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) launched over the weekend a sugarcane "block farm” project in Tuy, Batangas. In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said the project is a component of the DA-SRA sugar industry roadmap to encourage small farmers to form themselves into groups or cooperatives and adopt ‘economies of scale’ to...
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24Jan2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The National Search Committee from the Department of Agriculture (DA) visited Agusan del Sur today, Tuesday, to evaluate the provincial government in the national competition of the top performing rice producing LGU - provincial category, in the DA’s Best Agri Pinoy Rice Achievers Award. “Although we were badly hit by the floods that occur on the first month of 2011, we are lucky enough to be given much attention and assistance by the Department of A...
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23Jan2012KORONADAL CITY, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- “We want to win back farmers; and public trust to the Department of Agriculture,” Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan of the Department of Agricultur e (DA)-12 told a group of farmers in North Cotabato. In a recent dialogue with farmers at DA-12 facility at&...
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22Jan2012PALO, Leyte, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Soils and Water Management lauded the NICUA Corporation and the Leyte Irons and Corporation for its programs and initiatives that will benefit the communities and local government units of the municipality of MacArthur, Leyte where it is conducting mining activities. BSWM’s Mercedes Fernando particularly referred to the firm’s promotion of organic farming through the production of trichoderma harzianum, a fungus that catalyzes deco...
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22Jan2012KORONADAL CITY, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- Farmers should be in the forefront of making sure that the government efforts to attain food sufficiency would be successful, an agriculture official said. Department of Agriculture Region 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan expressed his challenge to farmers during a recent dialogue with farmers at Central Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center in Amas, Kidapawan City. Some 894 bags of certified seeds were distributed ...
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22Jan2012by Lito Salvo and Dani Doguiles KORONADAL CITY, Jan 22 (PIA) -- As an initiative to help the flood-stricken municipalities in North Cotabato, the Department of Agriculture- 12 distributed needed certified palay seeds to help farmers replant their flashflood-devastated rice fields. Some 894 bags of palay were given to farmers during a dialogue with farmers at the grounds of Central Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center (CEMIARC), in Amas, Kidapawan City. T...
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22Jan2012TABUK CITY, Kalinga, Jan.22 (PIA) -- Stakeholders from the government and the private sectors are unifying their efforts to dredge the Chico River to abate flooding of low lying areas. Dr. Jaime Almora, Director of the Almora General Hospital and rice grower, expressed optimism that possible solutions are now being carried out. He said key officials, all of whom are engineers, namely Congressman Manuel Agyao, Mayor Ferdinand Tubban and District Engineer Alexander Cast...
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22Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) allotted a total of P594-million worth irrigation projects, farm machinery and inputs, and fishery initiatives in Palawan, an island province 420 kilometres southwest of Metro Manila. Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said the projects are aimed at making the province sufficient in rice, major staples, and fishery and marine products. Alcala said that these include the construction of the P498-M Ibato-Iraan ...
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20Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday said that tobacco is not only a major ingredient in the manufacture of cigarettes, but could also be used for sustainable aquaculture practices, which could uplift both farmers’ and fishers’ income through organic methods. In a statement, the agency said this was demonstrated recently during the launching of sustainable aquaculture practices using tobacco dust in the province of La Union by the ...
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17Jan2012by Vicky S. Mendoza PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala distributed a total of P42 million worth of farm machineries and agricultural goods in last night’s Farmer’s Forum held at the Aborlan municipal gymnasium. With the aim of enhancing farm and livestock production and achieving rice and food sufficiency for the country, the agriculture department distributed farming equipments such as dryers, tractors, t...
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03Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) -- The National Youth Commission (NYC) is pushing for the institutionalization of partnership between youth organizations and government agencies. This move is to strengthen the participation of the youth sector in nation-building, said NYC Chairman Leon Flores during the program Talking Points, Tuesday. Flores added that the said agenda has already passed the NYC level but they still have to introduce this to various executive departments. He said that throug...
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01Jan2012QUEZON CITY, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- Landless, poverty-stricken farmers stand to benefit from the assistance being extended by the Department of Agriculture (DA), a statement from the agency said. This, after the DA committed to properly train these farmers in order to generate additional income for themselves, while at the same time, help boost food production in their areas. “They’ll be trained and organized into service provider groups,” Secretary Proceso Alc...
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08Dec2011SIQUIJOR, Dec. 6 (PIA)—The Department of Agriculture- Provincial Agricultural Technology Coordinating Office (DA-PATCO), in Siquijor starts today, Dec.6 its two-day workshop on the formulation of Organic Agriculture Road Map for the province of Siquijor. Program Coordinator Bernadith Bunado said the workshop aims to gather first hand, each agency’s initiative relative to organic agriculture or organic food utilization that can be the basis in the formulation of organic agricult...
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27Nov2011CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Nov 27 (PIA) -- Sustained health and nutrition programs made the province of Pampanga the best of other provinces in Central Luzon in nutrition program implementation. Thus said provincial board member Monina Laus after the province bagged for the first time the 2010 Regional Green Banner Award as outstanding province in the implementation of nutrition programs in the region. Laus, who chairs the health and nutrition committee of the Sangguniang Panlalawi...
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01Oct2011KORONADAL CITY, Oct 1 (PIA) -- Rebel returnees and former New People’s Army (NPA) sympathizers in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat will soon receive livelihood assistance from the Department of Agriculture in the region and the Philippine Army. Lt. Col Alexis Noel Bravo, commanding officer of the 27th Infantry Battalion, said they are now finalizing with DA 12 Regional Executive Director Amalia Datukan the release of P1 million worth of seedlin...
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14Sep2011NAIC, Cavite, September 14 (PIA) -- Twenty three agricultural extension workers (AEW) and 92 farmers completed the season-long training of trainors (TOT) and farmers field school (FFS) on sustainable rice production organized by the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) 4A. The AEWs came from the different provinces in the region while the farmers hailed from Barangays Bucal 1, San Miguel and Garita in Maragondon and Barangay San Juan in Ternate, Cavite. As one of the major component of...
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30Aug2011CENTRAL VISAYAS, August 30 (PIA) -- The implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of RA-10000 or the Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act of 2009 is now out, expecting a boost in the agriculture sector, more productivity at the countryside and promote livelihood among agrarian reform beneficiaries. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) drafted the implementing rules and regulations in consultation with the bank...
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23Aug2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 23 (PIA) - - The Department of Agriculture (DA) here is encouraging local farmers to go into cassava business and intensify its mass production saying there are multi-national companies willing to buy it in bulk at a considerable and reasonable price. DA in a press statement said cassava production will augment the income of the farmers and address the pressure on rice and corn. “It will also cater the needs of the cassava-eating communities. Muslims and nomads in Mi...
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13Aug2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Aug. 13 (PIA) -- The Opol town goes green as it gathered recently various government agencies as well as private entities in support of the National Greening Program (NGP). Town Mayor Dexter B. Yasay cited the event is in support of Executive Order No. 26 issued by President Benigno S. Aquino on February 24, 2011 and established the NGP as a national priority aimed not only to reforest 1.5 million hectares of land but also to promote a sustained env...
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02Aug2011KORONADAL CITY, Aug. 2 (PIA) --The regional office of the Department of Agriculture based here recently turned a P3.1 M farm-to-market road to the local government unit of Pres. Roxas, North Cotabato. The project involve rehabilitation of a 4.42 kilometer road stretch from Barangay Sarayan to Barangay Kisupaan in the municipality. Of the P3,149,544.32 total project cost, 40 percent was allocated from World Bank loans proceed and 40 percent was provided by DA. T...
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19Jul2011CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, July 19 (PIA) –- Some P1.5 billion in investments is expected to be poured into the Mt. Balatukan Range Convergence Agro-Enterprise Cluster that is seen to benefit 11,293 farm and fishery households. This was announced by Undersecretary Joel S. Rudinas of the Department of Agriculture (DA), who said the project would result in the development of some 10,468 hectares of existing and expansion areas for food production, in today’s launchin...
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15Jul2011ILOILO CITY, July 15 (PIA) –- Career in agriculture will become more viable as government invests in programs in this sector such as farmers training in proper farming practices and the provides funding support to increase productivity, according to Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala. Towards this end, government is providing scholarships to students, especially children of farmers who take up agriculture courses. This is to attract Filipinos to study agricultur...
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30Jun2011LEGAZPI CITY, June 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional office here has been pursuing the massive pili planting and farming in Bicol not only for environmental purposes, but more importantly, to boost the already booming industry in the local market and abroad. Jocelyn Berango, information officer of DTI V, said demands for pili (Canarium ovatum) products continue to increase both in the local and international market with a competitive edge at par with...
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25May2011ILOILO CITY, May 25 (PIA) – Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Proceso Alcala said the government will provide food-for-work assistance to farmers and fishermen with members of their families as primary beneficiaries instead of granting them a fuel subsidy. Alcala said in an interview with a local radio station that the workers will be paid wages equivalent to the minimum daily rate during the 14-day duration of the food-for-work activities that will include the clear...
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27Apr2011KORONADAL CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- Ten barangay-based people’s organizations (POs) Midsayap, North Cotabato are set to receive assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Mindanao Rural Development Program - Adaptable Program Loan Phase 2 (MRDP-APL2). Just recently, DA Regional Field Office 12 launched Community Fund for Agricultural Development (CFAD) sub-projects intended to help POs, mostly farmers’ associations (FA) and rural i...
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23Apr2011KAUSWAGAN, Lanao del Norte, April 23 (PIA) –The local government of Kauswagan is set to formally launch, today, its bridging program called Sustainable Integrated Kauswagan Area Development and Peace Agenda (SIKAD PA). Mayor Rommel C. Arnado said “SIKAD PA” becomes the town’s “bible” for development that would bridge the town’s vision for development and its constituents. “This will tell the world that, indeed, Kauswagan is back on its fee...
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12Apr2011KORONADAL CITY, April 12 (PIA) – Farmers here are being encouraged to go onion bulb production, which according to the City Agriculturist Office could give farmers better income. In line with the Agri-Pinoy High Value Commercial Crops program of the Department of Agiculture, the City Agriculturist’s Office recently implemented a program intended to promote onion-bulb production because of its high demand in the market and suitability of the crop in the...
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14Mar2011TUGUEGARAO CITY (PIA) -- The Cagayan Valley Region still lives up to its role as the emerging prime cereal producer of the country as the Regional Development Council of Region 2 listed in its Investment Promotions Plan that livestock, poultry and fishery are its investment priorities in the next few decades. An agriculture-based region, Cagayan Valley represents 9 percent of the country’s total land area with 26,837 square kilometers and with an annual growth rate of 1.85 p...
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15Feb2011DAVAO CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region XI is seeing a sustained run of high prices for coconut products particularly copra. DA regional director Carlos Mendoza said that a great demand for coconut products is fueling the high prices for copra as value-adding the coconut industry has opened it to new markets and uses. Prices for copra had been hitting around P50 per kilo. Mendoza said that copra is getting scarce now, noting the shifting uses for coconuts a...
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12Feb2011DAVAO CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) Residents of Sulop town in Davao del Sur will no longer travel to neighboring towns to buy rice, after a P10.6 million irrigation system was constructed in said town to service an area of 100-hectare rice field. The Department of Agriculture and the provincial government of Davao del Sur recently turned over the first irrigation project to Sulop Irrigators Association Inc. (SIAI) which has a membership of 35 farmers. Fernando A. Cadiansa, Sulop information officer, re...
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07Jan2011KORONADAL CITY, Jan 7. (PIA) -- At least nine agricultural attachés are coming to Region 12 for a four-day visit next week, according to the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 12 (DA- 12). DA-12 OIC Regional Executive Director Jimmy Olivo said, the group of attachés will be arrive on January 12 , Wednesday, specifically to visit and conduct assessment on agri-business companies in Region 12 (SOCCSKSARGEN) involved in export of high ...
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11Jun2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (9 June) -- Undersecretary Joel Rudinas of the Department of Agriculture (DA) has called on all stakeholders to work together in achieving "water security." "Without water security, poverty reduction, economic growth and global competitiveness will not be sustainable," he stressed at the end of a 2-day conference on "Charting Our Water Future: A Multi-Stakeholder Policy and Program Dialogue," held in the city, recently. Water securit...
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01Mar2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (1 March) -- Some P149.758 million will be needed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to mitigate the effects of the El Niño phenomenon in Northern Mindanao. Thus revealed Regional Executive Director Lealyn A. Ramos, of DA, region 10, during the recent meeting of the Regional Task Force on the El Niño / La Niña Phenomenon, who said they need to implement intervention programs on the following anticipated problems: reduction of irrigation water...
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11Feb2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (10 February) -- An intensified information package on the El Niño phenomenon will be waged by the Dept. of Agriculture (DA) in Northern Mindanao. "Although we do not yet experience the very dry spell that has occurred in other parts of the country, specifically in Northern Luzon, it would still be very helpful for our farmers to know what to do in order to mitigate its effects," Regional Executive Director Lealyn A. Ramos of DA, region 10, said. ...
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