BUTUAN CITY Big bulk of coconut, coffee and banana growers and rice and vegetable farmers, including the small businesses in the far-flung villages are now enjoying the completed farm-to-market roads (FMRs) built under the ‘Build Better More’ Program (BBMP), resulting in a boost to the economy an
Shown in photo is the distribution of fertilizers to the different typhoon-stricken local government units in Northeastern Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of DA 13 PIO Chief Emmylou T. Presilda via Mike U. Crismundo/Manila Bulletin) BUTUAN CITY – In an effort to sustain their rehabilitation effort on typ
BUTUAN CITY Seaweed farmers here may soon increase production of their products with the completion of the Seaweed Solar Dryer and Storage Facility (SSDSF) in barangay New Mabuhay, Dinagat town, in Dinagat Islands. Regional Public Information Office (RPIO) of the Department of Agriculture (DA 13)
Agri radio drama offers infotainment on radyo eskwela
Philippine Information Agency
04 May 2021, 18:38 GMT+10
BUTUAN CITY, May 3 When you think about radio dramas and you are Visayan, you would probably recall Handumanan sa Usa ka Awit or Kini ang Akong Suliran of the 70s and 80s. Radio drama may seem like a thing of the past, but they are still a great way to tell stories these days.
In the field of agriculture, producing appropriate Information, Education, Communication (IEC) materials in the form of radio drama is a creative way to inform the farmers and other agriculture stakeholders of new farming technologies.
DA intensifies ASF info caravan in SurSur, AgSur
Philippine Information Agency
04 May 2021, 18:38 GMT+10
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, May 4 To intensify the knowledge of the African Swine Fever (ASF), the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Caraga through the Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Section (RAFIS) conducted the ASF Information Caravan in the two provinces of the region, to include Surigao del Sur recently.
The first leg of the Caravan was conducted last March 23-25 in six municipalities in the province of Agusan del Sur namely La Paz, Veruela, Trento, Bunawan, Rosario, and San Francisco. The second leg was conducted on April 21-23, in five municipalities and one city in the province of Surigao del Sur namely Tandag City, Municipalities of Tago, Carmen, Madrid, Carrascal, and Cantilan.