DA-7 projects up to eight metric ton yield for Negros Oriental model corn farm

Irene R. Sino Cruz 09/08/2019

    CEBU CITY—The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) projects up to eight metric tons of yield at a model corn farm in Barangay Kalumboyan, Bayawan City in Negros Oriental. In a report posted on…

Trade fair, other activities to cap Farmers and Fisherfolks Month celebration

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/23/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Visayas ends the Farmers and Fisherfolks Month celebration by holding a trade fair and exhibit, along with other activities. Cherry Dela Victoria, DA-7 information officer, said the trade…

DA-7 has P35M standby fund to mitigate El Niño’s effect in agri sector

Futch Anthony Inso 03/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) has already allocated a standby fund amounting to P35 million which will be used to mitigate the effect of the weak El Niño phenomenon that…

Drought hits 80 hectares of farmlands in Central Visayas, says DA-7 exec

Futch Anthony Inso 03/24/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) has already recorded more than 80 hectares of farmlands in the region to have experienced drought due to the effect of the weak El Niño…

DA-7 sends out team to monitor irrigation dam situation in Central Visayas

Futch Anthony Inso 03/18/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) will deploy personnel starting today to check on the situation of irrigation dams in the region. DA-7 Information Officer Melquiades Ibarra said that they would…

DA-7 prepares for El Niño

Immae Lachica 02/20/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – With the Philippine weather bureau reporting early signs of El Niño, the Department of Agriculture (DA-7) is starting to prepare for the effects of the warming of the climate.   DA-7 Regional Director…

DA-7: Central Visayas safe from African Swine Fever

Immae Lachica 02/19/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – Following reports of an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak, Salvador Diputado, Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7), reassured that the whole of Central Visayas has no reported case of the…

Governor Davide welcomes back DA-7 to ‘DA Compound’

Futch Anthony Inso 01/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III welcomes back the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) to a province-owned lot in Barangay Guadalupe in Cebu City, which they were forced to leave eight years…

DA-7 chief: Heat causes livestock prices to go up

Nestle L. Semilla 05/01/2018

PRICES of livestock have increased between P5 and P10 per kilo in the past weeks. Director Salvador Diputado of the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) said that they had observed these in their monitoring in…

DA-7: ‘Bigas ng Masa’ not yet feasible in CV

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 02/26/2018

An official of the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) believes that there may yet be no need to deploy “Bigas ng Masa TienDA” mobile trucks to poor neighborhoods in the region, to offer a cheaper…

How to court farmers to say “yes” to good agricultural practices

Frauline Maria Sinson 07/24/2016

Change is not always welcome, especially when it’s not as easy as the old way. That is why some conventional farmers find it hard to adjust to good agricultural practices or GAP, which is being advocated by…

DA-7 assures enough supply of pesticides

07/06/2016

THE Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) assured all the local government units (LGUs) in the region of enough pesticide stocks in case an insect attack would occur. Bienvenido Acabal Jr., Regional Crop Protection Center Chief…

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