Naging positibo ang kabuuang karanasan ng mga magsasaka ng Bulan, Sorsogon sa pagkuha ng dekalidad na binhi mula sa Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Seed Program nang Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) sa pamamagitan ng Binhi e-Padala. Ayon kay Marlon Hugo, 63 taong gulang ng Barangay Benigno S. Aquino, malaking tuwa niya sa bagong sistema ng continue reading : Pilot testing ng RCEF Binhi e-Padala, aprub sa mga magsasaka sa Sorsogon
GUINOBATAN, Albay – “Kailangan natin ito. This is part of the 4th Industrial Revolution. We are now in the digital age. Wala tayong magagawa kundi gawin at i-adopt, dahil kung hindi, mapag-iiwanan tayo. The challenge now for us as educators and as trainers is how to break the fear of technology among farmers.” Ito ang continue reading : Mga RCEF Farm Schools, kasama sa pagsulong ng Digital Agriculture
Kasalukuyang Mayo 17, 2022 pagpapamahagi ng mga dekalidad na binhi sa Brgy. Nasisi, Ligao City, Albay sa pamamagitan ng Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Binhi e-padala at Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). Bukod sa binhi ay nabigyan din ang mga magsasaka ng mga babasahin tungkol sa tamang pamamahala ng peste at sakit. Ang RCEF Binhi continue reading : RCEF Binhi e-padala at technical briefing sa Ligao City, Albay!
Seed growers from Masbate and Leyte are thankful for their recent organizational management and leadership training, as this will help revive and strengthen their associations. Nonoy Dela Cruz, chairperson of Masbate Seed Growers’ Association (MSGA), said that the training, which was conducted by the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) under the Rice Competitiveness continue reading : Management training to revive, strengthen farmers’ organization
A total of Php44M worth of various agricultural machinery under the RCEF Mechanization Program were distributed to qualified rice-based Farmers’ Cooperatives and Associations (FCAs) in the province of Albay during the turn-over ceremony held in AFB Village, Camalig Albay on October 19. Department of Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar graced the ceremony and led in continue reading : PHilMech distributes Php44M worth of machinery in Albay
The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) trained 1, 387 machine operators from 694 Farmers’ Cooperatives and Associations (FCAs) nationwide amidst the pandemic by stepping up the adoption of online trainings and webinars to accelerate the implementation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program-Mechanization Program (RCEF-MP). “With the Covid-2019 pandemic forcing social distancing, PHilMech continue reading : PHilMech steps up online training amid ‘new normal’
Bicol farmers are now gaining access to mechanized rice farming through the P54.6M grant farm machines under the Rice Competitive Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Component of PHilMech. The machinery distribution ceremony granted 29 units of Rice Combine Harvester (P43.9M); seven units of Riding-type Rice Transplanter (P8M); five units of Walk-behind Rice Transplanter (P1.6M); and eight continue reading : Stepping towards mechanization
