BAGUIO CITY – Ten mini multi-tillers were distributed to different farmer group beneficiaries in Benguet, Ifugao, and Mt. Province during the ‘Turn-over Ceremony of Organic Agriculture Interventions’ of the Regional Organic Agriculture Program (ROAP) on Tuesday, Aug. 23.
Photo via Zaldy Comanda
FIRST HARVEST. Residents of Tanudan, Kalinga show their first harvest of eggs laid by 250 chickens provided by the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Special Area for Agricultural Development program. SAAD is a locally-funded program of the DA intended to help alleviate poverty among the agriculture and fishery sectors by increasing food production. (Photo from DA-SAAD's FB page) BAGUIO CITY - The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) is confident that the expansion of the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program to other provinces in the region will help meet its food production goal. Dr. Cameron Odsey, regional director of the DA-CAR, said in a phone interview on Monday that increasing food production through the continuity of providing various interventions, particularly in poor communities, can be achieved by the current administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. via the SAAD. SAAD is a loca
BANGUED, Abra – Some 14,684 rice farmers in Abra province are set to receive P5,000 each in financial assistance under the Department of Agriculture's FY 2022 Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) Program.
Marlyn Tejero, OIC-Chief for Field Operations
RECOVERY PLAN. Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region head Cameron Odsey (left) and Assistant Regional Director for Administration Danilo Daguio (right) watch a situation briefing presided over by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Abra on July 28, 2022. DA-CAR officials said they have begun crafting an agriculture recovery plan for the damage to infrastructure, fisheries, livestock, and high-value crop due to the magnitude 7 earthquake. (PNA photo by Jonathan Llanes) BAGUIO CITY - The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) has started crafting its rehabilitation plan as damage to agriculture due to the July 27 earthquake reached PHP59 million. "As per the advice of the DA- Central Office's Rehabilitation and Recovery Support Office, we will now start crafting our rehabilitation and recovery plan. The concerned offices like Engineering, Livestock, and the High-Value Crops divisions will prepare the plan for their re
RECOVERY PLAN. Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region head Cameron Odsey (left) and Assistant Regional Director for Administration Danilo Daguio (right) watch a situation briefing presided over by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Abra on July 28, 2022. DA-CAR officials said they have begun crafting an agriculture recovery plan for the damage to infrastructure, fisheries, livestock, and high-value crop due to the magnitude 7 earthquake. (PNA photo by Jonathan Llanes) BAGUIO CITY - The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) has started crafting its rehabilitation plan as damage to agriculture due to the July 27 earthquake reached PHP59 million. "As per the advice of the DA- Central Office's Rehabilitation and Recovery Support Office, we will now start crafting our rehabilitation and recovery plan. The concerned offices like Engineering, Livestock, and the High-Value Crops divisions will prepare the plan for their re