“Grow local. Buy local. Eat local.” The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Bicol amplifies this year’s National Rice Awareness Month (NRAM) theme to support rice farmers in the region for continue reading : Farmers’ coop in Bicol supports National Rice Awareness Month ’20 campaign

BUHI, CAMARINES SUR – As the Bicol region was battered repeatedly by three strong typhoons Quinta, Rolly and Ulysses in October and November, the DA -funded Rice Processing Centers (RPCs) continue reading : Rice Processing Centers: farmers’ refuge during calamities

LIBON, ALBAY – On November 1, 2020, the Albay Coco Geonets Manufacturing Enterprise, an enterprise development (I-REAP) subproject funded by the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), was supposed to resume continue reading : PRDP-Bicol to link typhoon-damaged enterprise subprojects with DA regular programs to revive operations

Results of the 2016 Underwater Biophysical Assessment conducted by the Resources, Environment and Economics Center for Studies Inc. (REECS) show that live hard corals in San Fernando marine protected area continue reading : Masbate to integrate ecosystem, biodiversity management in updated Commodity Investment Plan

As Bicol region is still reeling from the destruction wrought by Typhoon Quinta in a span of one week Super Typhoon Rolly battered 4 provinces and affected 2 other provinces continue reading : Super Typhoon Rolly Batters Bicol and leaves over PhP1.2 Billion damage on agriculture

For residents of five barangays in Aroroy, Masbate, having a world-class farm-to-market road (FMR) such as the 15-kilometer Concreting of San Agustin to Tigbao FMR from the Philippine Rural Development continue reading : Farmers and residents reap emerging benefits of completed PRDP-funded FMR in Masbate