CONGRATULATIONS to our DA-RFO 1 MAYA Interns!

The luckiest among the lucky as she sees herself, Ms. Rhema Joyce B. Mondala is one among the 10 winners of the Success begins at 40K: Best MAYA Micro-Agribusiness Plan. Out of the 59 agribusiness proposals submitted by MAYA interns nationwide, top 20 finalists virtually pitched their agribusiness plans during the panel presentation and evaluation read more…

Movers MPC receives Php1M Check

LOOK | The Movers Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Poblacion West, Natividad, Pangasinan, represented by its chairman, Mr. Dante Pagal, and its manager, Ms. Arne Bungar, received today, June 21, 2021 a check worth P1 million. Said amount will be used for the procurement of delivery vehicle as part of the Department of Agriculture’s Kadiwa ni Ani at read more…

More than 1000 Ilocano Farmers to Benefit on Bayanihan 2 Program

A total of 1,140 farmers is estimated to benefit from the productivity and income enhancement projects of the Department of Agriculture stimulus package under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2. Other beneficiaries of the program include 11 local government units (LGUs), three state universities and colleges (SUCs), and one privately-owned agricultural read more…

NICA Region 1 Orients on CTG Situation in the Country

The National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) Regional Office 1 hosted an online orientation with regard to the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) situation in the country. The CTG as identified by NICA is composed of the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front. The Department of Agriculture was tapped by NICA read more…

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DA Usec Laviña Eyes Pangasinan as New Farm Tourism Site Attraction

Facebook Department of Agriculture Undersecretary for High Value Crops and Rural Credit Evelyn Laviña paid a visit to three potential agri-tourism sites in Pangasinan upon the invitation of Pangasinan’s 4th District Representative Christopher de Venecia. A two-day activity with an end goal of identifying possible interventions that the High Value Crops Program could provide to read more…

Organic Practitioners from Pangasinan Gather for a Consultative Meeting

Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan – Organic practitioners in the province of Pangasinan convene for a consultation meeting today at the DA-RFO1 Pangasinan Research and Experiment Center. Staff members of the Organic Agriculture Program, headed by Dr. Marvin Quilates, together with the provincial government of Pangasinan presented their planting and harvesting accomplishments for the first quarter of read more…

DA Promotes Halal Food Products Standards in a Seminar

“We should be a Halal agent, not a Haram agent.” Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office I (DA-RFO I) Nestor Domenden made this statement in his message to the participants on the two-day awareness seminar on product certification and Halal standards promotions and advocacy conducted by the Halal Food Industry Development Program (HFIDP) of the read more…

DA needs Local Partnerships to Succeed – Sec. Dar

29 May 2021– At the last day of the two-day visit in the Ilocos Region, Secretary William D. Dar in his talk, Saturday, at the turn over ceremony for various agricultural inputs and machineries in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur said that the Department of Agriculture needs partnerships at the local level in order to succeed. read more…