The Regional Management Council (RMC) in Ilocos Region has recently convened for the 2rd Quarter Regional Management Council (RMC) meeting held at Villa Marand Resort, Bauang La Union on August 16, 2023. Hosted by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Region I, the RMC meeting is staged per quarter of the year, to provide updates on read more…
Mr. Benjamin Campañano Jr was re-elected as the Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Council (RAFC) Chairman in Ilocos Region for the CY 2023-2026 during the RAFC Election held today, August 8, at the 5th floor Conference Room, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 (DA – RFO1), San Fernando City, La Union. Campañano is currently the read more…
A total of 2,582 farmers from 33 municipalities/cities in Region 1 received certificates of completion of the School on-the-Air on Smart Rice Agriculture (SOA-SRA) program with the theme “Makabagong Pagsasaka a Himpapawid” in a mass graduation held by the Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) 1 on August 4, 2023, at the Urdaneta City Cultural read more…
Department of Agriculture (DA) Information Officers, Marketing Officers, and Regional Organic Agriculture focals were convened by the National Organic Agriculture Program (NOAP) on July 24-27,2023 in Davao City for an Advocacy Planning Workshop which aims to firm up various advocacy support activities for the Organic Agriculture Program. NOAP Program Director Bernadette F. San Juan in read more…
Six Farmers Associations from the first district of La Union received a total of Php3,172,204 worth of Agri-machineries and equipment distributed by the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Office 1 on July 21, 2023, at the Ilocos Region Integrated Agricultural Research Center (ILIARC) in Sapilang, Bacnotan, La Union. The interventions handed over with the assistance of read more…
The Department of Agriculture, through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), rolled out 78 heads of cattle worth P5.2 million to the second batch of out-of-school youths (OSY) on July 19 at the Cultural Center, Banna, Ilocos Norte. The second batch consisted of twenty six (26) OSY recipients from the municipalities of Banna, Badoc, Bangui, read more…
As the Department of Agriculture continues to intensify its support to Ilocos farmers, another awarding of agricultural interventions was held today, June 21, in Mangatarem, Pangasinan. With a total cost of Php 124.8M, the distribution covers farmers in the municipalities of Mangatarem, Aguilar, Basista, Binmaley, Bugallon, Labrador, Lingayen, and Urbiztondo. Around 21 farmers associations including read more…
As part of an effort to revitalize the livestock industry, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 1, through the Livestock Banner program, awarded a P10 million check to the Local Government Unit of Bayambang, Pangasinan for the Swine Clustering Project entitled “Community Based Swine Production through Clustering and Consolidation” today, July 24, at read more…
As of date, Super Typhoon Egay was reported to have caused more than Php648.1M worth of damages to 14,016 Ilocos farmers after leaving the country last Friday, July 28. Damages to agricultural infrastructures incurred a total of Php314,571,840. The province of Ilocos Norte recorded the highest damage valuing at more than Php218.8M, followed by La read more…
