Previous Next Responding to farmers on their reported cases of damaged rice seedlings due to over-aged brought by the delayed transplanting as a result of the limited water supply this wet cropping season, the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office I through the Rice Banner Program shall be replacing the damaged seeds of rice affected farmers. read more…

Kadiwa Market will be closed starting July 27, 2020. It will resume operation at the City Food Terminal, Brgy. Biday, San Fernando City, La Union once a schedule is finalized.

Previous Next The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 invites all interested rice farmers to join the School on-the-air program for Hybrid Rice Production this month of August! Tara, makinig at matuto! (for La Union, enrollment will be through the Municipal Agriculture Offices) – RAFIS Ilocos Region FB Account

Previous Next To accelerate the recovery of backyard hog raisers from the devastation caused by the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus outbreak, the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office I (DA-RFO I) through its Regulatory Division headed by Regulatory Chief Dr. Florentino Adame, and with the support and guidance of DA-RFO I Regional Executive Director read more…

Watch: An interview with the members of the Piddig-Basi Multi-purpose Cooperative (PBMPC) on their journey after the establishment of DA’s Rice Processing Complex II (RPC-II) in Piddig, Ilocos Norte. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvBW27SLz6s&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0fVAGKUCe8wm9GFT8JO0KtgiO17x-odfkXwX1VjUjZ9YtDNjmVLMiXcSs – RAFIS Ilocos Region FB Account

UPDATE: As of July 14, 2020, the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 (DA-RFO1) through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) already disbursed a total Sure Aid Loan amounting to Php24,425,000.00 out of the Php62,450,000.00 allocated fund for the 2,500 Marginalized Small Farmers and Fisherfolks (MSFFs) in Ilocos Region. The remaining P38,025,000.00 is on read more…

Previous Next Breaking the cycle of dependency to unscrupulous rice traders who are taking advantage on farmers’ no consistent market access for their rice produce, members of the Piddig-Basi Multi-purpose Cooperative (PBMPC) beamed with pride now six years after the establishment of the DA’s Rice Processing Complex II (RPC-II) in this interior town of Piddig, read more…

Inviting all the Agripreneurs and interested individuals to join the DA-BAR Online Seminar on Duck-based enterprise to be presented by Dr. Jovita M. Datuin via DA-BAR official facebook page (www.facebook.com/DABAROfficial/) on July 21,2020 at 10:00AM. No registration needed. See you there! – RAFIS Ilocos Region FB Account

Previous Next The Regulatory Division of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 recently distributed feeds and veterinary drugs/supplements as a component of the African Swine Fever (ASF) Rehabilitation Plan to ASF affected farmers in the Municipalities of Mapandan and Calasiao in Pangasinan. “The DA has allocated recovery fund to regain the losses of read more…