Republic of the Philippines

Ilocos Region

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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 & continue reading : Young Agripreneurs learn how to thrive in the digital market for their businesses

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 continue reading : DA-AMAD conducts investment forum cum credit matching in Ilocos Norte

𝑆𝑡𝑎. 𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑎, 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛 – 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 continue reading : 𝐃𝐀 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢-𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐂𝐀𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Batac Branch held a stakeholders’ 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 continue reading : DA-PhilRice updates Stakeholders on the deployment of Golden Rice; four municipalities and one city in Pangasinan pledge full support

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 farmers’ association in the province of Pangasinan. Held at the Pangasinan Research and Experiment Center (PREC) continue reading : DA gives Php14.1M worth of aggie interventions in Pangasinan

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, continue reading : Php3.2M worth of fuel discount cards distributed to corn farmers in Pangasinan

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 continue reading : DA gives additional P2.4M worth of interventions to farmers

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 continue reading : Housewives get livelihood assistance from GAD

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 farmers’ business proposals continue reading : Mushroom enterprise influences young man to quit job and be his own boss

It’s 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 continue reading : Three Ladies heads DA-RFO I