Access to training programs and development opportunities enables more women to participate in agriculture. This was highlighted by two women farmers from Nueva Ecija, who served as guest experts during the Agri Asenso radio program of the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) and DZRH last March 5, 2022. DILIMAN, Quezon City – Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund continue reading : Agri Asenso Explores Increasing Women Participation in Farming Through Training, Education
DA-PhilRice’s RCEF-Extension enhances agri workers’ knowledge, skills
More farmers and extension intermediaries are improving their rice farming knowledge and skills through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Extension Services Program (RCEF-RESP). Dr. Karen Eloisa T. Barroga, DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Deputy Executive Director for development and RCEF-RESP Vice-Chairperson, reported reaching some 8M stakeholders in 2021 through PhilRice’s training, communication support services, as continue reading : DA-PhilRice’s RCEF-Extension enhances agri workers’ knowledge, skills
Hundreds of Ifugaos finish TESDA Scholarship Training
GRADUATES. Technical Education and Skills Development Authority-Cordillera Regional Director Jeffrey Ian Dy (back on camera) delivers a message to some 125 agricultural training graduates in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao on Jan. 12, 2022. Dy said the government continues to invest in technology and human resource by providing skills to farmers that can help improve their economic continue reading : Hundreds of Ifugaos finish TESDA Scholarship Training
RCEF helps PH maintain food security amid pandemic: DA
MANILA – The Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) contributed largely to the Philippines’ food security amid the Covid-19 pandemic, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday. Deputy Executive Director of DA’s Philippine Rice Research Institute Dr. Flordeliza Bordey said through the DA’s RCEF, a program created by the Rice Tariffication Law, the total palay (unhusked continue reading : RCEF helps PH maintain food security amid pandemic: DA
Almost 700K rice farmers benefit from RCEF Mechanization Program
MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been upgrading the rice farmers’ methods of doing work by providing free machinery and equipment. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) said some 682,502 farmers nationwide were recipients of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund’s (RCEF) Mechanization Program as of December 2021. “Our goal is to continue reading : Almost 700K rice farmers benefit from RCEF Mechanization Program
Bohol FCAs receive PhP 269.4 M worth of RCEF machinery
Fifty-eight qualified Farmers’ Cooperatives and Associations (FCAs) received Php 269.4 million worth of machinery from the Department of Agriculture- Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PHilMech) under the program Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization. The machinery distribution ceremony was held in Ubay, Bohol on March 3, 2022. A total of 156 units of continue reading : Bohol FCAs receive PhP 269.4 M worth of RCEF machinery