Many people practice gardening not only as a hobby, but as a form of therapy, too. This is the same rationale of Adrian Vincent Alipio, 31, a medical doctor and diplomate of Philippine College of Physicians, who started tending plants in 2015 to pursue a therapeutic hobby. “Life in the...
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...
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte -The provincial government of Ilocos Norte had launched the buy-farmer products program to help the farmers sell their products amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, a total of 143 farmers were able to sell their fruits and vegetable products through the buy-farmers’...