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