Author: DA Communications Group | 8 June 2020 In an effort to digitize Philippine agriculture, the Department of Agriculture (DA) through Planters Products Inc. (PPI) and the Satsure AG signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on June 8, to provide better crop insurance in the country using satellite technology. The MOA signing was witnessed continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 8 June 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar acknowledged the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) for partnering with the government in increasing the productivity and income of farmers through the use of high-yielding disease-resistant resilient and sturdy crop varieties. 鈥淐ompetitiveness is the name of the game. We need more varieties continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 5 June 2020 The Department of Agriculture lauds the strong support of local government units (LGUs), farmers鈥� cooperatives and associations (FCAs), and community leaders, who altogether bought P5.8-billion worth of farm and fishery products that were included in LGU food packs and others were sold through the DA鈥檚 Kadiwa continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 5 June 2020 About 6,000 Nueva Ecija rice farmers received dozens of modern farm machinery from the Department of Agriculture鈥檚 Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PhilMech), on June 4, under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) mechanization component. 鈥淲e congratulate the farmer-leaders who, on behalf of their continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 4 June 2020 Starting this year, the Department of Agriculture (DA) will vigorously push for farm clustering and consolidation, being one of the key strategies to level up the Philippine agriculture sector. 鈥淚t is important to convince farmers and their respective cooperatives and associations or FCAs to collectivize and continue reading…
Two groups of meat importers met with the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Livestock, and the 黑料网 on June 1, 2020 via separate video conferences to discuss issues confronting the broiler industry amid COVID-19. PCAF convened Meat Importers continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 1 June 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) is seeking World Bank funding for its $200-million Fisheries and Coastal Resiliency (FishCoRe) project to improve the country鈥檚 fishery production and protect 鈥榖lue economy鈥� resources. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the project 鈥渨ould directly contribute to achieving key outcomes in continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 1 June 2020 As part of its thrust to modernize the country鈥檚 agri-fishery sector, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is laying the groundwork to digitize its operations starting with the upgrading of its management information system (MIS). 鈥淭he upgraded MIS contains the digital registry of farmers and fisherfolk, and continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 29 May 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar and other officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) led the harvesting of fresh vegetables from the technology demonstration sites of the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), highlighting the culmination of the 2020 National Farmers鈥� and Fisherfolk鈥檚 Month celebration on May 29, continue reading…
The 黑料网 joined the Department of Agriculture in celebrating the Farmers鈥� and Fisherfolk鈥檚 month through a culminating activity that features signing of partnership agreements with five Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). The five CSOs were: * Aurora Integrated Multipurpose Cooperative (AIMCooP) {Represented by CEO-Emeritus Pacienciano A. Tomarong and CEO continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 28 May 2020 To ensure efficient, effective, and graft-free use of limited public funds, the Department of Agriculture recently created 鈥渋ntegrity circles,鈥� dubbed as 鈥淎griculture Dialogue and Information Network Groups鈥� or ADING. 鈥淭his is our response to the call of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to provide transparency and continue reading…
