CONSOLIDATION. Farmers and Fisherfolks from North Luzon listen to Agriculture Secretary William Dar during the opening of the four-day Department of Agriculture (DA)-Farmer Fisheries, Consolidation Cluster (F2C2) island-wide cluster summit 2022 at the Hotel Supreme in Baguio City on Tuesday (June 14, 2022). Dar, in a video message during the opening program, said the DA will continue to advance the interest of fisherfolk and farmers through consolidation. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Tuesday said the government will continue to support and give a voice to the agricultural sector by "consolidating" its produce and "clustering" farmers and fishers groups. In a video message during the opening of the DA-Farmer Fisheries, Consolidation Cluster's (F2C2) Island-wide Cluster Summit 2022 at the Hotel Supreme in Baguio City on Tuesday, Dar said the DA continues to come up with a program advancing the i
CONSOLIDATION. Farmers and Fisherfolks from North Luzon listen to Agriculture Secretary William Dar during the opening of the four-day Department of Agriculture (DA)-Farmer Fisheries, Consolidation Cluster (F2C2) island-wide cluster summit 2022 at the Hotel Supreme in Baguio City on Tuesday (June 14, 2022). Dar, in a video message during the opening program, said the DA will continue to advance the interest of fisherfolk and farmers through consolidation. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Tuesday said the government will continue to support and give a voice to the agricultural sector by "consolidating" its produce and "clustering" farmers and fishers groups. In a video message during the opening of the DA-Farmer Fisheries, Consolidation Cluster's (F2C2) Island-wide Cluster Summit 2022 at the Hotel Supreme in Baguio City on Tuesday, Dar said the DA continues to come up with a program advancing the i
Some of the projects approved by the Philippine Rural Development Program-Department of Agriculture(Photo courtesy of DA) MANILA - To help leverage profits of rural areas, the Philippine Rural Development Program - Department of Agriculture (PRDP-DA) approved subprojects of local government units (LGUs) worth at least PHP40 billion PRDP Director Shandy Hubilla said in a virtual briefer on Tuesday LGUs are lining up to avail of the projects and for bankrolling of more agriculture enterprise and rural infrastructure subprojects. As of March, investments for the Intensified Building Up of Infrastructure and Logistics for Development (I-BUILD) or the infrastructure development component of PRDP totaled PHP37.48 billion for 510 subprojects for 795,000 beneficiaries. The I-BUILD component covers strategic and climate-resilient rural infrastructures along the priority value chains. Meanwhile, the Investments for Rural Enterprises and Agricultural and Fisheries Productivity (I-REAP) or enterpr
The Department of Agriculture's (DA) Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), the largest World Bank-funded project in the country, has been extended up to July 2025 and has received additional foreign funds of about P16 billion. In a statement, DA said the project got additional funding came f