DA confirms ASF case in Eastern Visayas

Joey Gabieta - @inquirerdotnet 01/16/2021

TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has confirmed the existence of African swine fever (ASF) in Eastern Visayas, particularly in Abuyog town, in Leyte province. According to Angel Enriquez, DA regional director, ASF has affected…

Buying plants at CREMDEC helps local Cebu City farmers

Immae Lachica 09/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— For all plant lovers out there, the Cebu City Resource Management and Development Center (Cremdec) in Barangay Taptap should be your destination for your next plant-shopping run. Read: Are you a ‘plantito’ or ‘plantita’ of…

Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger

AP 09/01/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside. United Nations experts were holding an online conference beginning Tuesday to brainstorm…

DA to release cash aid to over 64K rice farmers in Bohol, NegOr

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/07/2020

CEBU City, Philippines—The Department of Agriculture (DA) will soon release the P5,000 cash subsidy for over 64,000 rice farmers in the provinces of Bohol and Negros Oriental. In a statement posted on its Facebook page, DA-7 regional…

SEARCA to discuss food security amid COVID-19 in first digital brainstorm webinar 

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The “new normal” resulting from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak would need wider participation in agriculture among urban residents as an alternative food security solution. To promote further the idea of having urban residents…

DA turns over dairy buffaloes to farmer-beneficiaries in Pinamungahan town

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—To support government efforts to have sufficient food supply amid the coronavirus 2019 outbreak, the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) turned over eight heads of upgraded dairy buffaloes to the farmer beneficiaries in…

Solar-powered irrigation system helps rice farmers in Bohol 

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/23/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Despite the enhanced community quarantine, farmers in Carmen, Bohol started planting at their rice fields, encouraged by the newly installed solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) at the municipality.  Salvador Diputado, region al executive director of the…

DA-7 readies research stations for Plant, Plant Plant program

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—To prepare for the Plant, Plant, Plant program initiated by Agriculture Secretary William Dar, the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Visayas is now preparing its various research stations. As part of the preparation, DA-7…

DA: PH has have enough rice supply to last for 84 days by the end of June

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/16/2020

CEBU CITY—The Philippines will have sufficient supply of rice for 84 days by the end of June, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said. In a press release posted on the Department of Agriculture (DA) website, Dar explained that…

Cebu City Agriculture Department urges residents to plant easy-to-grow vegetables

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/08/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Agriculture Department (CAD) is giving out free seedlings to Cebu City residents who wish to grow their own food while the city is under the state of enhanced community quarantine…

PH rice farmers to receive cash subsidy from DA

Irene R. Sino Cruz 04/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Rice farmers will receive P5,000 cash subsidy from the Department of Agriculture (DA) to help augment their needs amid the enhanced community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “Our rice farmers will receive…

DA division issues price ceiling for basic agriculture products in Central Visayas

Irene R. Sino Cruz 03/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) of the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas has come up with an advisory on the price ceiling for different basic agricultural commodities. The DA-AMAD advisory, posted on…

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