BAGUIO CITY – Four schools from the city city were awarded with units of solar-powered urban aquaponics during the Launching and Turnover of Urban Aquaponics Project at the Motorpool ground of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Cordillera Regional Field Office (BFAR-RFO). Mayor Benjamin...
BUTUAN CITY – Regional officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Caraga Region 13 headed by Regional Executive Director (RED) Abel James I. Monteagudo turned over yesterday 50 heads of Anglo-Nubian Goats to Caraga Small Ruminant Raiser Association Incorporated (CASRRAI). These goats...
BUTUAN CITY - As an aid to farmers at the height of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Agriculture (DA)- Caraga distributed 880 heads of upgraded native chickens in Barangay Muritula, San Luis, Agusan del Sur, recently, DA 13 Regional Information Officer Emmylou T....
KIDAPAWAN CITY – After almost 60 years of struggle to own the agricultural field they plow, finally, farmers in hinterland Arakan town in North Cotabato will receive their land titles as proof of ownership. Cotabato provincial agrarian reform officer (PARO) Rey Anfone, in an interview, said they...
There are thousands of mushroom species worldwide, but not all of them are edible. “One indicator that mushrooms are poisonous is that it has white gills,” said Emma Tolentino, farmer, ATI learning site cooperator, and owner of Eco Natural Integrated Farm, during an AgriTalk webinar on mushroom...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - Farmers in the Ilocos region are transforming into Agri-entrepreneurs amid the COVID-19 pandemic through the Innovative Family Enterprise Development (IFED) program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 1. This is to ensure food security in the Ilocos region...
TAGBILARAN CITY – The Provincial Government of Bohol stepped up its assistance to more than 1,000 farmers with P2.2 million worth of hybrid rice seeds; food packs to 381 island families; cash aid to some rebel returnees and awarded winners to the Provincial Search for Best Gulayan sa Paaralan...
CAGAYAN -The Regional Field Office No. 02 (RFO 02) is eyeing Capalutan Small Water Impounding Project (SWIP) in Allacapan, Cagayan as Farm and Fisheries Clustering and Consolidation Program a possible pilot area. Regional Executive Director Narciso A. Edillo pushing the Municipal Local Government...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 1 had set its rice resiliency programs (RRP) implementation benefitting the rice farmers in the region with a total of P1,321,254,000.00 budget allocation. The RRP fund for Region 1 is part of the approved P8.5 billion fund out...
TACLOBAN City – A farm school and budding tourist destination situated in an upstream village in Jaro, Leyte has proved that agriculture can help cope with the global crisis brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. With barely a year after embarking on farm tourism,...
BUTUAN CITY – Despite of the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) did not hamper the implementation of its farm mechanization program for the benefit of thousands of farmers in Caraga region. In fact, last week, regional...
The Philippines used to be largely agricultural, with most couples raising their family in the fields. Nowadays, it’s the opposite, with many families opting to live in towns and cities. The Espitals are backing this trend, however, choosing to live as close to the land as possible, be it in a...
