CAVITE, handa na umarangkada sa pamamahagi ng binhi!

Nagkaisa ang LGUs mula sa Cavite sa ginanap na retooling and capacity-building workshop bilang paghahanda sa pamamahagi ng RCEF seeds sa dry season 2024. Ibinahagi ni Francheska Jimenez, Agriculturist II mula Tanza, simula nang mapasali ang bayan nila sa RCEF ay tumaas ang produksyon ng palay sa kanilang lugar dahil sa taas ng kalidad ng continue reading : CAVITE, handa na umarangkada sa pamamahagi ng binhi!

There is hope in palay farming

MANILA – Many young boys and girls– some of them still pursuing high school or tech-voc (technical-vocational) courses – have been religiously attending training courses under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) in private farm schools accredited by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). For a long while, farming was said to have continue reading : There is hope in palay farming

RICE PROCESSING FACILITIES. Department of Agriculture-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PHilMech) and officials of two farmers’ groups in Ilocos Norte pose for a photo after the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the establishment of Rice Processing System facilities in the towns of Piddig and Bacarra on Tuesday (Sept. 5, 2023). The grant of these facilities is under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program. (Photo courtesy of DA-PhilMech)

2 Ilocos Norte farmer groups to get rice processing system

MANILA – Two farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in Ilocos Norte would receive equipment worth over PHP130 million for the establishment of Rice Processing System (RPS) facilities under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program. In a statement Tuesday, the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PHilMech) said the Piddig Basi continue reading : 2 Ilocos Norte farmer groups to get rice processing system

RCEF reaches Ilocos Norte’s smallest town

The Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Rice Extension Services Program (RCEF RESP) has responded to the information needs of farmers in Adams – the smallest town in Ilocos Norte. According to Nonilon Martin, RCEF extension focal, the town’s rice growers led by Municipal Agriculturist Clarita Tigui-ing, requested the program implementers in Batac City, Ilocos Norte to continue reading : RCEF reaches Ilocos Norte’s smallest town

Inbred seed ug mechanical transplanter, perfect pair!

Sama sa paghigugmaay nila Paulino ug Elizabeth Requina, duha sa mga farmer cooperators sa PalaySikatan nga gi gipahigayon sa Panaglib, Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, perfect pair usab ang certified inbred seeds ug mechanical transplanter tungod kay gipaubos niini ang ilang gasto sa pagpananom ug gipataas ang ilang abot. “Sauna nga sabwag pa ang pamaagi namo continue reading : Inbred seed ug mechanical transplanter, perfect pair!

Magsasaka ng naging Trainer dahis sa RCEF!

Mula farmer field school trainee, isa nang facilitator si Anabella Villabeto, 35 taong gulang, sa Labonite Farm School sa Pilar, Bohol. Bata pa lamang ay katulong na siya ng kaniyang magulang sa kanilang sakahan. Ngayon, isang dekada na niyang sinasaka ang sarili niyang palayan na ipinamana ng kaniyang magulang. Ayon kay Anabella o mas kilalang continue reading : Magsasaka ng naging Trainer dahis sa RCEF!

CERTIFIED SEEDS. The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) has distributed some 429,048 bags of certified seeds to 151,974 farmers in the provinces of Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales this wet season. This was under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Seed Program which aims to help lower costs and increase the yield and income of farmers. (Photo courtesy of the DA-PhilRice)

152K farmers in C. Luzon get certified seeds via RCEF program

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Almost 152,000 farmers in Central Luzon have received certified seeds this wet season through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program. Based on the report of the Rice Seed Monitoring System, a total of 429,048 bags of certified seeds were distributed to 151,974 farmers in the provinces of Aurora, continue reading : 152K farmers in C. Luzon get certified seeds via RCEF program