Category: Agriculture
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NIA brings free irrigation closer to farmers in Central Luzon
CABANATUAN CITY– The National Irrigation Administration – Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems (NIA-UPRIIS) is bringing its free irrigation service closer to qualified farmer-beneficiaries. Established under Republic Act 10969 otherwise known as the Free Irrigation Service Act, the program aims to provide free irrigation to qualified farmers with landholdings of eight hectares and below. NIA-UPRIIS…
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Final inspection
The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project – Central Luzon Team inspects the P9.95-M, almost completed multi-commodity solar tunnel dryer as proposed by the provincial government of Bataan. The said subproject located in Barangay Wawa, Orion, is expected to address the limited access to a hygienic drying area for 40 fishing households in the area.…
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DAR, Army partner to boost productivity of Tarlac farmers
TARLAC CITY — Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) partnered with the Philippine Army to boost the income of farmers in Tarlac. This is part of the Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty program which intends to contribute to the effort of the national government in addressing hunger, poverty and food security through synergy and convergence. Under the…
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Mass trapping ng fall army worm, isinagawa
TARLAC– Nagsagawa ng mass trapping para sa mga fall army worm ang Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka para sa Gitnang Luzon (DA RFO 3) sa ilang taniman ng mais sa Concepcion, Tarlac nitong ika-16 ng Pebrero. Pinangunahan ang hakbang na ito ng Corn Program katuwang ang Regional Crop Protection Center, Tarlac Provincial Agriculture Office, at Conception Municipal…
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PHilMech distributes P36.27-M machinery grants to farmer coops in Zambales
ZAMBALES– Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) distributed a total of P36.27 million worth of machinery to 26 farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) and local government units (LGUs) in Zambales. These include 20 hand tractors, six four-wheel tractors, six rice combine harvesters, four riding type transplanter, two precision seeder, and one single pass…
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Pantabangan aquaculture project opens up bright prospect for increased fisheries production
NUEVA ECIJA– The Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) Region 3, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of the DENR-Biodiversity Management Bureau, and the local government unit of Pantabangan harvested over 400 kilograms of tilapia from the Pantabangan Aquaculture Park Project in Nueva Ecija on Thursday, February…
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Tool evolution
A man pull an improvised plow attached to a motorized tricycle instead of using a conventional hand rake to spread palay for drying along the highway in San Marcelino, Zambales. (Ang Pahayagan photo / JUN DUMAGUING)
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DAR-PN explores partnership in food security and poverty alleviation program
ZAMBALES– The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Zambales, under the leadership of Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer (PARPO) Engr. Emmanuel G. Aguinaldo, attended the exploratory talk with the officers of Naval Education Training and Doctrine Command (NETC) in San Antonio, Zambales and Philippine Naval Operation Base in Subic, Zambales. During the meeting, Aguinaldo introduced…
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More solar-powered irrigation projects eyed to boost palay yield
PAMPANGA – The government is eyeing more solar-powered irrigation projects to boost the production of palay (unhusked rice) in the country, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Saturday. During the ceremonial harvest of palay and distribution of various assistance to farmers and farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in Candaba, Pampanga, Marcos said the project…
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Turnover ceremony
Outgoing Department of Agriculture Regional Executive Director Crispulo G. Bautista, Jr. (left) hand over to Dr. Eduardo L. Lapuz, Jr. the symbolic office key during the turnover ceremony held Wednesday, January 31 at the Regional Field Office III in San Fernando, Pampanga. Dr. Lapuz, assumes the role as OIC Regional Executive Director, in accordance with…
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Php30M multi-purpose marine hatchery groundbreaking ceremony
BATAAN–Isinagawa ang makasaysayang groundbreaking ceremony ng Legislated Multi-Purpose Marine Hatchery sa Barangay. Quinawan, Bagac nitong Biyernes, Enero.26. Ang seremonya ay pinangunahan ni Regional Director Wilfredo Cruz ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ng Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka (DA) bilang kinatawan ni BFAR National Director Atty. Demosthenes R. Escoto. Ang nasabing proyekto ay alinsunod sa…
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Itatayong Php 13.5M na mango processing facility at learning center, tinututukan ng DA
ZAMBALES — Pinaghahandaan na ng Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka para sa Gitnang Luzon (DA RFO 3) ang mga preparasyon para sa itatayong Mango Processing Facility at Learning Center sa Barangay Salaza, Palauig, Zambales. Ito ay proyekto sa ilalim ng High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) katuwang ang Regional Agricultural Engineering Division (RAED) kung saan isinagawa ang…
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DA backs initiative to boost local pompano production
ZAMBALES – In Silaguin Bay, just off the coast of San Antonio, Zambales, a private firm is helping blaze the trail to increase local production of pompano, a delicious, high value aquaculture alternative to milkfish. Government data showed that in 2022, local production of pompano (scientific name trichinous blochii), only reached 457 metric tons– less…
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₱35.37M halaga ng mga makinarya para sa mga magsasaka
BATAAN — Ipinamahagi ng Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka para sa Gitnang Luzon katuwang ang Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization o PHilMech ang ₱35.37 milyong halaga ng mga makinaryang pansaka sa Abucay, lalawigan ng Bataan. Kabilang sa ipinamahagi ang 7 four-wheel tractor, 12 hand tractor, 2 riding type transplanter, 8 rice combing harvester, at 1…
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DA helps farmers hit by armyworm infestation in N. Ecija, Tarlac
MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has intensified its efforts to deal with armyworm infestation by providing aid to affected onion farmers in several towns in Nueva Ecija and Tarlac. DA Regional Field Office III Bureau of Plant Industry director Gerald Glenn Panganiban said 366 hectares out of the 10,217 hectares of farm lands…
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