LAOAG CITY – Financial assistance worth PHP9,765,000 was handed to 1,953 rice farmers in Piddig, Ilocos Norte province as part of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) of the Department of Agriculture (DA). Piddig town Mayor Georgina Guillen confirmed this on Wednesday as she expressed gratitude to the Marcos administration for prioritizing the needs of continue reading : DA releases P9.7M to Ilocos Norte town rice farmers
Farmer Groups Examine, Farm Machinery at Pangasinan
The farm machines are funded through the Department of Agriculture’s Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program. The agency’s Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) cooperated with the provincial government of Pangasinan to distribute the equipment to farmers in the province. (Photos by Cesar Ramirez/The Philippine STAR)
Women in Agriculture
The MBA Forest Technical School Inc., formerly known as RMD Agri-Tourism Industries & Training Center, Inc. n Bago City, Negros Occidental, has trained and graduated 825 farmers since the establishment of their farm school in 2020. The farm owner, Recelyn Dormido, has seen that the agriculture sector of the country needs help. She is one continue reading : Women in Agriculture
Natupad ang panalangin
Sa ikalawang pagkakataon, bumalik ang sigla ni ka-Palay Ernesto Niadas, 56, farmer-cooperator ng Brgy. Maytubig, Isabela, Negros Occidental dahil sa ganda ng tindig ng kanyang mga pananim ngayong 2023 dry season sa PalaySikatan technology demonstration ng Rice Competitiveness Enhancemenr Fund (RCEF) Seed Program. Kwento niya, malaking kawalan ang 2022 wet season ng PalaySikatan dahil sa continue reading : Natupad ang panalangin
Smallholder farmers in Zambales achieve big gains
Farmers from the outskirts of San Marcelino, Zambales have reported significant gains in rice farming after becoming recipients of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program. Cristito Ancheta, 44, said his yield doubled as a result of using the certified seeds he received from the program. “I was surprised that my harvest jumped from continue reading : Smallholder farmers in Zambales achieve big gains