ASSISTING FARMERS. The Department of Agriculture in Calabarzon distributes PHP7.2 million in financial assistance to 1,444 farmers in Quezon province on Jan. 18, 2024. Some of these beneficiaries received PHP5,000 each under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) program. (Photo courtesy of DA Calabarzon)

DA distributes Cash Aid to Quezon farmers

LIPA CITY, Batangas – The Department of Agriculture in Calabarzon (DA 4-A) has stepped up its distribution of financial assistance to small farmers in Quezon province under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) program. In an interview on Monday, engineer Jana Baja, Regional Rice Program focal person, said that on Jan. 18 alone, continue reading : DA distributes Cash Aid to Quezon farmers

Participants of the RCEF RSTC

Mga partisipante sa RCEF Rice Specialist Training Course (RCEF RSTC) ni agi sa pinaka-unang hands-on activity mahitungod sa maayong pagprepara sa similya/binhi sa dili pa magtanom. Lakip sa hands-on field activities sa kamulong gipahigayon nga Rice Specialist Training Course (RSTC) Batch 23 ang seedling tray preparation, wetbed, ug modified dapog. (FB, DA-PhilRice Agusan, January 23, continue reading : Participants of the RCEF RSTC

PhilRice backs agriculture’s three-year plan

With the drafting of its strategic plan for 2023-2028, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is supporting the recently announced three-year plan of the Department of Agriculture (DA). PhilRice, the country’s lead agency on rice research and development, will roll out research for development and extension banner programs that are more integrated and focused on achieving continue reading : PhilRice backs agriculture’s three-year plan

Certified Rice Seed Allocation para sa WS 2024, sinimulan talakayin!🌾👨‍🏫

Sinimulan na ang pagpaplano sa alokasyon ng bawat Local Government Units sa probinsya ng Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, at South Cotabato sa isinagawang Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) – Seed Program Planning Meeting para sa Wet Season (WS) 2024 noong January 16-19, 2024. Napag-usapan ang dami ng binhi na maaaring maipamahagi at matanggap ng mga ka-Palay continue reading : Certified Rice Seed Allocation para sa WS 2024, sinimulan talakayin!🌾👨‍🏫

Quezon, NE receives additional RCEF production technologies

PHilMech’s Dir. IV Dionisio G. Alvindia and Dir. III Joel V. Dator oversaw the turnover of additional production technologies to the municipal local government unit of Quezon, Nueva Ecija on January 17, 2024. The local government unit is now in possession of two units of Php4.4 million worth four-wheel drive tractor (4WDT), which will further continue reading : Quezon, NE receives additional RCEF production technologies

Tarlac LGUs, farmers receive P79-M worth of machinery

The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech), an attached-agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA), granted machinery and postharvest facilities to farmers and the Tarlac government. According to PHilMech, P79 million worth of farm and harvest pieces of equipment were given to Qualified farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) and local government units (LGUs) continue reading : Tarlac LGUs, farmers receive P79-M worth of machinery