Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary for the Visayas Hansel O. Didulo and Mayor Jerry Treñas forged a partnership for the common goal of improving the lives of the farmers and fisherfolk in Iloilo City. Didulo had a coordination meeting with Treñas at…Read More »
Another Korean Government support to the agricultural development in Western Visayas is now on the “drawing board” as the concept for the Smart Agriculture System Project (SASP) was presented virtually on September 11, said Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Executive Director Remelyn…Read More »
Eighty farmers associations in the Province of Antique received a total of 100 granule applicators from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas on June 9. Granule applicators are used for the precise distribution of seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides. This knapsack-type farm…Read More »
Fil-Australian actor and singer James Reid will be the new face of the Department of Agriculture (DA) as he was recently appointed as Youth Ambassador for Food Security. DA Secretary William Dar officially designated Reid as the youth ambassador for agriculture and…Read More »
The Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas has a P474,765,000 approved allocation for the Financial Subsidy for Rice Farmers (FSRF). About 94,953 rice growers from the provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz and Negros Occidental will receive P5,000.00 one-time cash aid from DA.…Read More »
Rice farmers in Western Visayas will receive rice seeds and fertilizer subsidies from the Department of Agriculture (DA) beginning this May in time for the 2020 wet cropping season. DA allotted P1.06 billion for the provision of certified inbred and hybrid seeds…Read More »
The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas (DA-WV) in partnership with the Iloilo City Government launched the ‘adopt a barangay’ program in Brgy. Tanza Timawa Zone II in Iloilo City on April 28. Three barangays namely Tanza Timawa Zone II, Bonifacio, and Esperanza…Read More »
To keep up with the sustained and steady demand for fresh, safe and quality vegetables of consumers in Iloilo City this Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas will start the operation of KADIWA Online Service today…Read More »
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will distribute five thousand pesos (P5,000) cash subsidy to 600,000 rice farmers to help augment their needs amid the enhanced community quarantine. “Our rice farmers will receive it as a direct cash transfer that they can use…Read More »
“As long as farmers continue to plant and grow vegetables, root crops and fruit trees there will be no hunger, ‘wala gutom kun mapisan ikaw magpananom’ said, Federico Tabanda “Tay Pedring” chairman of Leon Food Terminal. The food terminal located at the…Read More »