Previous Next The Department of Agriculture is pushing forward the concept of farm clustering and consolidation as a vital tool in leveling up agricultural productivity in the country. Rising up to the challenge of consolidating farms to optimize the available interventions and assistance to farmers, the Department of Agriculture in Ilocos Region has successfully convened read more…
1.69M worth of IFED Project to be received by Lidlidda farmers; awards and prizes to be given
Previous Next 33 farmers from the Municipality of Lidlidda, Ilocos Sur will be receiving a total of Php1,696,666.00 Innovative Family Enterprise Development (IFED) projects composed of Php1,100,000.00 worth of cattle, Php570,000.00 worth of goats and Php26,666.00 worth of vegetables. Of the 33 farmer recipients, seven of them (7) are recipients of goat comprising five (5) read more…
Narvacan rice farmers receive free rice seeds and fertilizers from DA
Previous Next Ready for the planting season, farmers of Narvacan in the province of Ilocos Sur has finally received their share of seeds and fertilizers from the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office I during its scheduled distribution on June 25, 2020. Hundreds of farmers from the four barangays in Narvacan out of the 5,754 read more…
Farm consolidation approach levels up aggie sector in Ilocos
Previous Next In line with Sec. William Dar’s New Thinking for agriculture on farm consolidation as spelled out in the 8 paradigm shift to boost the agriculture sector under his watch, the Department of Agriculture in Ilocos Region organized a Community Hybrid Rice Project (CHRP) in partnership with the Local Government Units of the four read more…
DA releases P29 million ASF indemnification fund
Over P29 million indemnification fund was released by the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office I to compensate the losses incurred by around 885 ASF-affected hog raisers for the culling of 5,811 swine by the DA due to the dreaded African Swine Fever affecting hogs in the Ilocos Region particularly in the provinces of read more…
DA – RFO 1 recognizes employees during DA’s 122nd Year Anniversary celebration
Previous Next Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 (DA – RFO1) paid tribute to its employees in a simple ceremony to commemorate the 122nd year Anniversary of the DA as it highlighted the sacrifices and hardwork of the employees most especially during the most trying time of the COVID-19 pandemic. True to its anniversary read more…
DA-RFO I distributes cattle to ASF affected hog raisers in Pangasinan
Previous Next The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 (DA-RFO I) through the Regulatory Division distributed a total of 21 cattle yearlings, five (5) heifer and one (1) junior bull worth Php 879,175.00 to 21 hog raisers from Mapandan, Pangasinan as part of DA’s indemnification to hog raisers affected by the African Swine Fever read more…
3.9M worth of cattle program seen to benefit LU, IN farmer beneficiaries
Previous Next Five farmer groups in the provinces of La Union and Ilocos Norte are expected to benefit from the Department of Agriculture’s Modified Loan Breeder Program worth Php3.9M. Under this program, identified beneficiaries were provided 60 heads of Island-born Purebred Heifer American Brahman, a breed well known for its remarkable climate adaptation and potential read more…
June 16, 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar’s Statement on Fertilizer Procurement under the Rice Resiliency Project
The DA strictly followed and continue to follow the government procurement protocol. The “approved budget for the contract” or ABC was P1,000/bag, as submitted by the end-user, the DA Field Operations Service. The ABC was lower than the average retail prices of urea, based on survey by the DA’s Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA), ranging read more…
DA-RFO 1 implements RRP: Thousands of farmers receive free seeds, fertilizers
Previous Next In the initial delivery of farm inputs in the various municipalities of Region 1, thousands of Ilocos farmers have received their free bags of rice seeds and fertilizers under the Department of Agriculture’s Rice Resiliency Project (RRP) – just in time for the wet season planting. Following the marching orders of the Department read more…