TACLOBAN City - Tired of working in the corporate world, a millennial farmer is proving that there is a future in integrated farming even just utilizing a one-hectare land. Twenty-seven-year-old Andres Rey Cagara, a Tourism, Hotel, and Restaurant Management graduate from Leyte Normal University has...
TACLOBAN City - Following reports of palay (unhusked rice) in Eastern Visayas being bought by local traders as low as P13.50, the Department of Agriculture (DA) urges farmers to sell them to the National Food Authority (NFA) buying stations. This is far from the average price of well-milled rice...
TACLOBAN City - With six bays in Eastern Visayas infested with red tide, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR-8) urged the public to refrain from gathering, selling, and eating all types of shellfishes and Acetes sp. locally known as “alamang or hipon" from these areas. BFAR has...
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,...
TACLOBAN City - Amidst fear and uncertainties brought about by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, agri-tourism sites in Eastern Visayas manage to survive and remain hopeful for better days to come. Only the noises coming from the sea, hammer, and midrib brooms are heard one sunny...
TACLOBAN City - In a bid to address the need to provide livelihood opportunities for returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and Balik Probinsya Program beneficiaries who lost their livelihood due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources...
