Following the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. to boost local food production, the Department of Agriculture (DA) formally launched the Joint Operations Harmonization and Networking for Barangay Promotion Cum Outreach Program last November 28. Led by the Project Management Office (PMO) of the DA Inspectorate and Enforcement (IE) in partnership with the Knights of continue reading : DA kick-starts barangay-based initiative for sustainable peace, agri dev’t
To increase yield and improve production of rice in the province of Ilocos Norte, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. distributed modern farm equipment and machineries amounting to P73.3 million (M) on December 1, 2023. The interventions, under the 2023 allocation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program, will benefit 52 farmers’ cooperatives and continue reading : We will modernize farming – Sec. Kiko
The Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in collaboration with Mindanao onion growers, has initiated an expansion program to fortify production and uplift the livelihood of onion farmers. The Department of Agriculture (DA) launched the Onion Expansion Program on November 14, 2023 continue reading : DA taps Mindanao onion growers to undertake expansion initiative
The Department of Agriculture on Friday broke ground on four units of large rice dryers in Dingras, Ilocos Norte, the first of more than two dozen post-harvest facilities that the National Food Authority (NFA) plans to build to enhance its procurement capability, increase rice yield, and boost rice and corn storage capacity. A project under continue reading : DA breaks ground on first of many post-harvest infrastructures to cut rice losses, lift storage capacity
