Nov. 26-27, 2020 The two-day hurdle of providing documented evidences to prove its compliance to the ISO-9001:2015 standards ended successfully for DA-RFO I as it passed the 2nd Surveillance Audit with not a single non-conformity finding from the auditors. “With the result of the audit, and raising no major nor minor non-conformity, we are happy continue reading : DA-RFO 1 Successfuly Maintains Its ISO-9001:2015 Certification
DA-RFO I Employees Join Cagayan Valley Relief Operations Drive
Sending their heartfelt sympathy to the victims of typhoon Ulysses in the Cagayan Valley Region, the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office I employees led by its Regional Executive Director Nestor Domenden joined the relief operations by donating various food and non-food relief items that is worth more than P200,000.00. Among the relief items include grocery items continue reading : DA-RFO I Employees Join Cagayan Valley Relief Operations Drive
BRIDGING THE GAP
For four months, Region 1 farmers were schooled on the latest technologies on hybrid rice production via DA-RFO1’s radio program “Oras ng Magsasaka.” This set-up is dubbed as School-on-the-Air (SOA) – a practice that has been adapted by DA since decades ago. Five radio stations were tapped by the DA-RFO1 thru the Regional Agriculture & continue reading : BRIDGING THE GAP
Paoay LGU Helps Ease Tax Burden of PAPs
The Municipal Local Government in Paoay, Ilocos Norte helped ease the tax burden of the Project Affected Persons (PAPs) for the infrastructure subproject, Rehabilitation of Nalasin-Sungadan-Langiden Farm to Market Road. PAPs are persons or individuals whose property, business, or livelihoods have been affected by the infrastructure funded by the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP). During continue reading : Paoay LGU Helps Ease Tax Burden of PAPs
Sharing is Caring
Pledging support to the victims of Typhoon Ulysses through the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office I (DA-RFO I), farmer associations in the region stepped in and heeded the call of OIC-Regional Executive Director Nestor D. Domenden to help the calamity victims in other regions through simple donations that could make a big difference. With a continue reading : Sharing is Caring
Young Ilocos agripreneurs find opportunities in DA-ACPC’s KAYA loan program
At 26, Enrico and Gab committed themselves to succeed in agri-enterprise through the Kapital Access for Young Agripreneurs (KAYA) financing program. Both of them hail from the province of Pangasinan and are among the six qualified applicants for the KAYA loan program in Region 1 receiving an amount of Php 500,000 each as a start-up continue reading : Young Ilocos agripreneurs find opportunities in DA-ACPC’s KAYA loan program
PUBLIC ADVISORY
As per BFAR Shellfish Bulletin No. 24, Series of 2020, all types of shellfish and Acetes sp. or Alamang from Alaminos City, Bani, Bolinao, Anda, and Sual in the province of Pangasinan are SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
