RCEF Staff Retooling and Consultation Meeting, held by DA-PhilRice Los Baños,

“‘Yung mga natututunan natin, ‘yung baptism of fire’ na pinagdaanan natin dito sa Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) ay sana baunin natin palagi, lalung-lalo na kayong mga bata, because I see the potential in you.”   To provide better service to our Filipino farmers and refresh the staff and the seed growers of the program’s continue reading : RCEF Staff Retooling and Consultation Meeting, held by DA-PhilRice Los Baños,

Over 20,000 farm machines procured

THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) has procured 20,076 units of various farm machines worth P14.88 billion under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program. In a statement, PhilMech said that as of June 15, 2022, the agency had attained 98 percent in terms of delivery since the agency physically started giving out agricultural equipment continue reading : Over 20,000 farm machines procured

P15B farm machineries procured under RCEF

The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) has procured over 20,000 units of farm machines under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program. The agency said as of June 15, 2022 it procured 20,076 units of farm machines worth P14.88 billion and attained 98 percent delivery rate to more than 6,000 qualified farmers’ continue reading : P15B farm machineries procured under RCEF

Farmers get P8B aid

State-owned lenders Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) have facilitated the distribution of over P8.2 billion in aid for farmers, as part of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Rice Farmers Financial Assistance Program under the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL). The aid comes in P5,000 tranches for direct continue reading : Farmers get P8B aid

Over 1M rice farmers receive P8.2-B aid via DBP, Landbank: DA

MANILA – The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) and the Development of the Philippines (DBP) have facilitated the distribution of over PHP8.2 billion for the PHP5,000 in direct and unconditional cash aid each to over 1 million qualified small palay farmers from 2019 to 2021, according to data from the Department of Agriculture (DA).    continue reading : Over 1M rice farmers receive P8.2-B aid via DBP, Landbank: DA

Resulta ng drone seeding, inaabangan sa Balanga, Bataan

Nitong June 14, 2022 nagsama-sama ang iba’t ibang ahensya na nagpapatupad ng Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) upang i-demo ang drone seeding ng Rice Extension Service Program (RCEF-RESP) PalaySikatan technology demonstration sa Balanga, Bataan. Sa paraang drone seeding, maaaring mataniman ang isang ektarya sa loob ng 30 minuto, lalo na kung maganda ang panahon. Dahil kalkulado continue reading : Resulta ng drone seeding, inaabangan sa Balanga, Bataan

Pamamahagi ng libreng dekalidad na binhi sa La Union

Pinangunahan ng Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) ng Sudipen, La Union ang pamamahagi ng libreng dekalidad na binhi mula sa Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Seed Program sa kanilang 17 na barangay sa pamamagitan ng Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). Ayon kay Ms. Zeny C. Corpuz, Municipal Agriculturist, malalayo ang mga barangay sa kanilang munisipyo kaya nagdesisyon continue reading : Pamamahagi ng libreng dekalidad na binhi sa La Union