SAN AGUSTIN PILI CAMARINES SUR. The signing of Memorandum of Agreement for INSPIRE program between the Department of Agriculture Bicol and intended beneficiaries was held recently at the Field Operations Division Building this municipality. INSPIRE means Integrated National Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery and Expansion. One component of the program is the Swine Clustering which continue reading : DA, FCA sign MOA for INSPIRE Swine Production
Some 70 multi-sector stakeholders composed of farmer leaders, Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) sectoral chairpersons, private sector representatives, provincial LGU partners, SUCs, and partner agencies participated in the Civil Society Organization (CSOs) Consultation on DA Bicol’s FY 2023 plans and budget proposal. Regional Executive Director Rodel P. Tornilla said that the annual CSO consultation continue reading : DA Bicol consults CSO on FY 2023 plans and budget
SAN AGUSTIN, PILI, CAMARINES SUR – A total of 84,053 rice farmers in Bicol have already received P5,000 cash assistance under the DA – Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) as of this writing. In Albay, 27,078 rice farmers received the cash assistance; 7,446 farmers in Camarines Norte; 9,484 in Camarines Sur; 5,432 in Catanduanes; 16, continue reading : Over 84K rice farmers in Bicol receive P5,000 RFFA
SAN AGUSTIN, PILI, CAMARINES SUR – Bernadette “Bidi Bidi” de los Santos, farmer, entrepreneur, artist and owner of La Huerta De Rosario farm in Baao Camarines Sur assumed as the new Chairperson of the Regional Agricultural and Fishery Council (RAFC) in Bicol on March 16, 2022. She was appointed by Agriculture Secretary William Dar together continue reading : Secretary William Dar appoints new RAFC Bicol Chairperson
PILI, CAMARINES SUR — “Did we really make change work for women?” Department of Agriculture (DA) Bicol Regional Technical Director for Operations Luz R. Marcelino posed this question to about 90 women employees of the DA and its attached agencies in the region who attended the Inter-Agency Women Employees’ Day celebration held on March 10, continue reading : DA-Bicol celebrates GEWE mainstreaming gains with women employees
To reduce their production cost in 2021, 48-year-old corn farmer Felix M. Amoroso, his wife, Marycris, and their two sons, tilled their two-hectare corn farm in Brgy. Niño Jesus by themselves. However, their farm income for their subsistence and for payment of debts was depleted due to high cost of fertilizer and low buying price continue reading : DA-ACPC to release P25,000 SURE COVID-19 loan assistance to 75 corn farmers in Iriga City
