Previous Next To contribute to government’s bid on sustaining food security amid COVID-19, the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 (DA – RFO1)’s Research Division through the directives of the Regional Executive Director, Lucrecio R. Alviar Jr., is continuing to give briefing and training to the farmer recipients regarding the Innovative Family Enterprise Development read more…

Previous Next The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1’s satellite station located at Pangasinan Research and Experiment Center (PREC), Sual, Pangasinan headed by station manager – Dr. Mary Jane Alcedo distributed assorted seeds including; OPV seeds, 15 seedling trays of eggplant and tomatoes and 3 bags of vermicompost to the Parayao National High School read more…

Previous Next Some 2,500 households of small farmers and fisherfolk in the Ilocos Region whose incomes were affected during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) on March 16 to April 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to benefit from the Agriculture Credit and Policy Council’s (ACPC) Expanded SURE Aid and Recovery loan program read more…

Previous Next A total of 17, 769 farmers from the province of La Union already received their P5,000 cash assistance under the Financial Subsidy for Rice Farmers (FSRF) program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) as of May 30, 2020. In a series of distribution activity conducted read more…

Previous Next Having realized the importance of growing their own backyard vegetable garden at home, more and more individuals from all walks of life visit the DA-Ilocos Norte Research and Experiment Center located in Batac City, Ilocos Norte and the Pangasinan Research and Experiment Center in Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan to get their share of free read more…

Previous Next The Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office I (DA-RFO I has already initially released hybrid and certified seeds good for 32,719 hectares out of the 192,167 hectares target area of the region this wet cropping season in support to the Rice Resiliency Project (RRP) under DA’s Plant, Plant, Plant Program. Ms. Analiza Ramos, Department read more…

Previous Next Celebrating May as the Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s month, employees of the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office I (DA-RFO I) led by Regional Executive Director Lucrecio R. Alviar, Jr. joined today the nationwide celebration together with the 16-DA Regional Field Offices in a livestream activity mirroring the event being held at the DA Main read more…

Previous Next Transparency in the distribution of seeds and fertilizers. This was the objective of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 (DA-RFO1) in deploying the Rice Resiliency Project(RRP) Information System which was recommended for adoption of other regional offices in the country for easier monitoring and profiling of recipients of the RRP. Taking read more…

Previous Next If there’s one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has clearly taught us this 2020 – that is, the importance of food. With the Department of Agriculture’s endless call for Filipinos to engage in urban and backyard farming, more individuals are visiting the research stations of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 (DA-RFO1) read more…

Previous Next When COVID–19 was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the government subsequently declared Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in the entire Luzon area, a village up north remained calm and unfazed by the possible threat of food inadequacy as access to public market became a struggle. Unlike in other read more…