Since the start of pandemic, digital marketing has become the key to survival and success in the entrepreneur world. To assist the Young Agripreneurs’ enterprises compete in the market by leveraging technology, the Department of Agriculture-Ilocos Region through the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) conducted a workshop on digital marketing at Marand Spa & read more…
Giving timely, accurate and responsive business information to budding agri-entrepreneurs in the province of Ilocos Norte, the Department of Agriculture in Ilocos Region through the Agribusiness & Marketing Assistance Division, (AMAD) conducted a one-day Investment Forum cum Credit Matching activity at the Ilocos Norte Research & Extension Center (INREC), Batac City, Ilocos Norte on September read more…
๐๐ก๐. ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ – Farmers, young and old alike, will soon become more independent in managing their agri-business as the Department of Agriculture-Ilocos Region recently concluded a two-day training on financial literacy held at Pangasinan Research and Experiment Center (PREC) in Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan, Friday. The training was participated in by representatives from 13 farmers read more…
The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Batac Branch held a stakeholdersโ meeting for the deployment of Golden Rice at Pangasinan Spring Land Resort in Urdaneta, Pangasinan wherein City/Municipal LGUs, Municipal Health Officers, representatives of the health officers, and seed growers from the municipalities of Aguilar, Balungao, Manaoag, Mangatarem, and the City of Urdaneta were gathered read more…
In line with its vision of improving farm productivity while reducing the cost of production through the use of new farming machineries and equipment, the Department of Agriculture turned-over a total of Php14.174 million worth of agri-interventions to various farmersโ association in the province of Pangasinan. Held at the Pangasinan Research and Experiment Center (PREC) read more…
As part of the Department of Agriculture’s Fuel Discount program’s ongoing distribution of fuel discount cards in the Ilocos Region, a total of 1,067 corn farmer-beneficiaries from the different municipalities of Malasiqui, Mapandan, Bautista, Basista, Bayambang, Sta. Barbara, and Mangaldan were each given Php3,000 worth of fuel discount cards at the Arenas Civic Center, Malasiqui, read more…
In order to improve the production of crops, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 1 handed over another set of various machinery and equipment to farmers at the Ilocos Region Integrated Agricultural Research Center (ILIARC), Bacnotan, La Union, Wednesday. A total of P2.435 million worth of interventions under the different banner programs of read more…
Determined to empower women thru capability training and provision of livelihood assistance, the Department of Agriculture-Ilocos Region thru its Gender and Development (GAD) program turned-over various vegetable seeds and garden tools to the women-members of the Pagbennecan Agriculture and Fisheries Association (PAFA) in Balaoan, La Union today September 20,2021. The women are also members of read more…
Mushroom production is seen as a lucrative business nowadays. Interestingly, this commodity has been a favorite project of the Young Farmers Challenge program of the Department of Agriculture because of its versatility in terms of lower capital, easy management and high profitability as well. In fact, 5 out of the 34 young farmersโ business proposals read more…
Itโs women power that now rules the Department of Agriculture in Ilocos Region. This, after Dr. Annie Bares assumed her post as the new OIC-Regional Executive Director alongside Dr. Evelyn Fernando, who holds the plantilla position as Regional Technical Director for Research and Regulations and was recalled to the regional office following her one year read more…
