AROROY, MASBATE – Despite its flourishing economy as a gold-rich town, Mayor Arturo Virtucio deemed it necessary to invest in renewable sources of income. The training on sorghum production conducted by the Department of Agriculture-Bicol in partnership with the San Miguel Foods Inc. (SMFI) came in timely as the local chief executive aims to boost continue reading : Masbate’s mining town eyes sorghum production to boost rural economy

CATANDUANES PROVINCE –  The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) recently distributed 105 goats to 30 beneficiaries in San Miguel, Catanduanes, a  5TH class municipality located at the mid-south of the province, the only inland municipality in the island. Each beneficiary was given 4 does and 1 buck, forages and  mulato seeds. Goat houses were continue reading : DA Bicol grooms SAAD beneficiaries as animal raisers

PILI, CAMARINES SUR– Cassava, Manihot esculenta Crantz is a major root crop consumed as food or used as textile, paper, plywood, medicine, starch and alcohol. Its production in the Philippines is a growing industry with a production volume of 2, 710, 919 metric tons and contributed a total of 14.86 billion pesos in 2015 (PSA continue reading : UPLB presents result of study on Cassava Pests