NEWS UPDATE

DA turns over pili processing equipment during Albay Agri Fiesta (May 9, 2013)
LEGAZPI CITY- The 2013 Agri-Fiesta sa Albay, a two day festival featuring agri exhibits, fora, indigenous games and contests such as sayaw bukid, tirigsikan and tiriladan pili (pili nut cracking), kicks off May 8 at the Albay Astrodome. Agri Fiesta 2013 is being spearheaded by the provincial government of Albay in line with the 11th Farmers & Fisherfolks Month celebration........<<MORE>>

DA holds consultation with civil society organizations (May 3, 2013)
NAGA CITY- As part of being transparent and to get the actual situations and needs at the grassroot level, the Department of Agriculture in the Bicol region recently hold consultation with the civiil society organizations (CSOs) in the region at Villa Caceres Hotel........<<MORE>>

DA organizes Pili irrigators associations (May 3, 2013)
PILI, CAMARINES SUR- -To hasten the delivery of big ticket projects and assistance to rice farmers, DA RFU 5 OIC RED Abelardo R. Bragas convened the top officials of the eleven (11) irrigators associations in Pili, Camarines Sur as he urged them to confederate..........<<MORE>>

Farmer-Leaders in Cam. Sur completed training course on Organic Agriculture (May 3, 2013)
NAGA CITY- A total of 538 farmers from 9 municipalities of Camarines Sur who completed the training course on Organic Agriculture for Farmer-Leaders were awarded their certificates of completion during the mass graduation held on May 1, 2013 at the Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum in Naga City.........<<MORE>>

Dir. Bragas graced installation of BFAR 5 Mangingisdang Direktor- A To mark the start of the observance of Farmers and Fisherfolk's month, the BFAR had its ceremonial installation of the Mangingisdang Direktor who shall take over the directorship of the agency for the whole month of May..........<<MORE>>

DA holds consultation on PAMANA Program- The DA RFU 5 conducts a consultation conference on the new government program Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan or PAMANA to acquaint and orient project implementers on the general framework of this program, and to identify salient issues/concerns on its implementation. ..........<<MORE>>

SIDC to invest in Bicol (May 2, 2013)
PILI, CAMARINES SUR- DA 5 OIC Director Engr. Abelardo R. Bragas met with the Board of Directors and officers of the SoroSoro Ibaba Development Coop (SIDC) based in Batangas City. The latter is visiting the DA regional office to hold a Cluster General Assembly for its members in Cam. Sur on April 30 at RIARS Training Center DA compound.........<<MORE>>

Dir. Bragas graced organic rice field day (April 29, 2013)
PILI, CAMARINES SUR- DA 5 OIC Regional Executive Director Engr. Abelardo R. Bragas graced the field day/ harvest festival of organic rice (Mindoro 5 variety)......<<MORE>>

RAFC Bicol Chair Canet receives Lifetime Achievement Award
from NAFC (April 26, 2013)
PILI, CAMARINES SUR- -Mr. David Z. Canet, who will turn 83 this June, Chairman of the Regional Agriculture and Fishery Council (RAFC) of Region 5 for twenty-one years now, was recently awarded by The National Agricultural and Fishery Council (NAFC) with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his exemplified dedicated service, volunteerism, hardwork and inimitable leadership as Chaiperson of RAFC V from 1992 to present despite his frail health. ........<<MORE>>

DA turns over palay shed and drying pavement to Pili farmers (April 26, 2013)
PILI, CAMARINES SUR- -Engr. Abelardo R. Bragas (in white shirt), Department of Agriculture RFU 5 OIC Regional Executive Director cuts the ribbon during the ceremonial turn over of the palay shed worth P230,458.50 and multipurpose drying pavement worth P308,456.47 to the Binobong Tagbong Irrigators Association (BINTAG IA) headed by its President Rafael S. Joven (right)........<<MORE>>

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Date	Activity	Venue/Sponsor
May 2	Local Executive Committee (LEC) Consultation Meeting and Planning Workshop	DA-RIARS Training Center / Agribusiness Division
May 3	Consultation on Civil Society Organizations on CY 2014 - Plan and Budget Proposal	Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City/ Operations Division
May 6-10	Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City	Camarines Norte and Masbate / Agribusiness Division
May 8	Awarding of Inputs (Agri-Fiesta)	Old Albay, Legaspi City / Operations Division
May 8-9	Evaluation and Planning Workshop (AMICAF Project)	DA Library, San Agustin, Pili, CS / Operations Division
May 9	RAFC Execom Meeting	DA Library/RAFC
May 14-15	Feast Day of St. Isidore	DA Grounds
May 15	Cassava Production and Processing Training	Cawayan, Masbate/ Operations Division
May 16-19	IFEX 2013	SMX Mall of Asia, Pasay City/Agribusiness Division
May 20-23	RAFC Regular Monthly Meeting	RIARS Training Center
May 21-24	Sports Fest and Family Day	DA Grounds
May 21-22	Orientation of Farmer Cooperators on GOP's under the DIPECHO Project	Casiguran & Gubat, Sorsogon/Operations Division
May 23-24	Regional Farm Family Celebration	Macagang Business Center, Nabua, Cam. Sur/ Operations Division
May 23-24	Using E-Learning Tool in "Planning for Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change" in coordination with CBSUA under DIPECHO Project	Sorsogon City/ Operations Division
May 27-30	Private Public Partnership Regional Orientation-Workshop	Naga City/ Agribusiness Division
May 27-31	Climate Farmers Field School (C-FFS) Training and Launching	Legazpi City/Operations Division
May 28	Corn Cluster Monthly Mobile Meeting	San Jose, Cam. Sur/ Operations Division
May 29	Coffee and Cacao Farmers Forum	Aljosh Café, ALDP Bldg. Naga City/ Operations
May 30	Regional Cassava Stakeholders Meeting	Castilla, Sorsogon /Operations Division
May 30	Seminar on Organic Agriculture	Sipocot, Cam. Sur/ Operations Division
May 31	Post Disaster Needs Assessement (PDNA) Training for PCA Extension Workers in coordination with CBSUA	PCA, Albay/ Operations Division