DA adopts low-water-use strategies amid El Niño, allowing farmers to continue planting rice

The Department of Agriculture (DA) will implement rice farming strategies that require less water, allowing farmers to continue planting rice in the face of El Niño.  Complying with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive to the DA to assist Filipino farmers amid El Niño, acting DA Assistant Secretary for Operations U-Nichols Manalo said implementation of continue reading : DA adopts low-water-use strategies amid El Niño, allowing farmers to continue planting rice

Iloilo farmers and fisherfolk receive P909.68-M worth of agri interventions

Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. led the awarding of various agri-fishery interventions amounting to P909.68 million for the farmers and fisherfolk in Iloilo on February 14, 2024. Through the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas Regional Field Office (RFO), 515 farmer-beneficiaries received cash assistance totaling P2.347 million from the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) continue reading : Iloilo farmers and fisherfolk receive P909.68-M worth of agri interventions

DA chief inspects P19.7-B Jalaur River Multipurpose Project in Iloilo

Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. on February 14, 2024, inspected the nearly-complete second phase of the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP), a P19.7-billion infrastructure development project of the National Irrigation Administration that will increase rice production and benefit 25,000 farmers and 4,500 indigenous people in Iloilo province. “This project, which we expect to continue reading : DA chief inspects P19.7-B Jalaur River Multipurpose Project in Iloilo

DA updating farmers’ registry to better plan, implement projects and interventions

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is updating its electronic database of farmers and fisherfolk, the agency’s primary stakeholders whose individual information are essential for proper planning, implementation, and monitoring of billions of pesos worth of agricultural projects and targeted interventions. Updating the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture, the official name of DA’s electronic continue reading : DA updating farmers’ registry to better plan, implement projects and interventions

PBBM, DA rolls out interventions to 12k rice farmers during Candaba Harvest Festival

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. led the distribution of agricultural interventions among 12,141 rice farmers and nine farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in Mandili High School, Candaba, Pampanga on February 3. A total of 3,680 Candabeño rice farmers tilling a maximum of two hectares received P5,000 continue reading : PBBM, DA rolls out interventions to 12k rice farmers during Candaba Harvest Festival

President Marcos, DA push for increased food production in face of El Niño threat

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr., on February 3, met farmers, local government leaders and officials of the Department of Agriculture in Pampanga to sustain the push for agricultural modernization and increased food production in the face of El Niño. Around 600 farmers and officials gathered at a rice continue reading : President Marcos, DA push for increased food production in face of El Niño threat