As part of the celebration of Womenβs Month this March 2025, the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 Gender and Development (GAD) office brings along the Integrated Laboratories Division (ILD) and the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) office to provide technical laboratory services and registration services to the farmers of Umingan, Pangasinan, on March 26, 2025.
The outreach entitled βππππππ π¦π ππππ πΎππ¦ π½π’ππ ππ‘ π½π’πππβ offered services to some 30 farmers and farmer representatives invited by the Umingan Local Government Unit (LGU). Both women and men alike were able to acquire technical laboratory services such as soil analysis, animal health recommendations, providing bio-control agents (BCAβs), and crop health diagnosis provided by the Regional Soils Laboratory (RSL), the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (RDDL), the Regional Crop Protection Center (RCPC), and the Regional Feed Chemical Analysis Laboratory (RFCAL), respectively.
The event also provided an avenue for the farmers to register under the RSBSA or inquire about the status of their registration through representatives from the said office. The registry was also the determining factor for choosing Umingan, as it is the municipality with the highest number of women farmers in Pangasinan.
The DA-GAD is committed to continuing its collaboration with different offices to continue providing outreach programs to different places, ensuring that the DAβs services can reach every Filipino citizen in Region 1, both men and women alike; hence the name, βππππππ π¦π ππππ πΎππ¦ π½π’ππ ππ‘ π½π’πππβ.
