Convening several key players in Organic Agriculture all over the Philippines, the Department of Agriculture thru the National Organic Agriculture Program (NOAP) opened the 17th National Organic Agriculture Congress at the University of Southern Mindanao, in Kabacan, Cotabato Province on March 21, 2023. The congress will run from March 21-23, 2023. Honored guests in the read more…
Sixteen weeks (16) of learning together, doing things to enhance their technical know-how in planting corn with the help of the assigned agricultural extension workers in their area, 30 farmer-graduates completed the season long Farmer Field School cum Participatory Technology Development on the Management of Fall Armyworm on March 29, 2023 at Brgy. Pangpang, San read more…
After going through a 2-day strict external audit from the Certification International Philippines (CIP), DA RFO I workforce managed to defend its ISO 9001-2015 Certification with only two minor Non-Conformities and one Non-Conformity that remains open and is hoped to be closed and addressed to ensure continued compliance to the ISO standards. Congratulations DA-RFO I read more…
Region I Advocates for Gender Equality (RAGE-I) hosts the 2023 Women’s Month Celebration culminating activity at the DA – RFO1 5th floor Conference room today, March 30. Joining the activity were GAD advocates from different government agencies in Region 1. As part of the culminating activity, welcome remarks were delivered by DA – RFO1 Regional read more…
The Department of Agriculture – National Rice Program (DA – NRP) conducted a Cluster-Wide Meeting and Consultation on Rice Industry Development in the regions of I, II, III and CAR on March 27-29, 2023 at The Monarch Hotel, Calasiao, Pangasinan. “Let’s focus on outcomes, not just outputs.” said Dr. Leocadio S. Sebastian, Undersecretary for Rice read more…
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About a hundred or more farmers from Villasis and nearby towns attended the activity that aimed at showcasing corn production using farmers’ practice and site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) technology. Based on the results of the crop cut activity presented, the SSNM produced a yield of 8.7 metric tons while 7.25 metric tons were produced from read more…
The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office I (DA-RFO I) through the Corn Banner Program, in collaboration with the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist – La Union and the Local Government Unit of Aringay successfully held the 50-hectare Corn Model Farm Field Day at Sitio Riverside, Brgy. San Simon West, Aringay, La Union on read more…
The Department of Agriculture-Ilocos Region led by Regional Executive Director Annie Q. Bares and the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) representative Mr. Yubak GC warmly welcomed the second batch of the 13 delegates from the Southeast Asian Geo-zone countries for a weeklong visit in the Philippines in relation to the Global Action for Fall Armyworm read more…
CEST program is one of the strategies of DOST to bring in economic development through science and technology to people in conflict-affected areas, marginalized sectors, remote regions, indigenous groups, and women’s organizations. DA interventions namely Farm and Fisheries Consolidation and Clustering Program (F2C2), Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA), Special Area for Agricultural Development read more…
