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Cebu City’s farmers will have a chance to learn modern methods of farming first hand in an agriculture hub in Barangay Taptap, one of the mountain barangays of the city. The more than a hectare agriculture…
Realizing the economic potential of the local cacao industry, the Cebu Provincial Agriculture Office will push for more financial assistance from the Cebu provincial government, but only after the office complete its study on the cacao farmers…
Group: Free use of irrigation facilities should only be for small farmers While small farmers in Cebu welcomed initiatives of the present administration to make true President Duterte’s campaign promise of free irrigation, they said not all…
Balamban, Cebu– Located 64 kilometers west of Cebu City, the town of Balamban is largely known as the shipbuilding capital of the Philippines. But within its rugged mountain terrain and threatened forest cover lies a landmark about…
MORE than P6 million worth of abattoir equipment were turned over to 34 local governments in the province on Monday morning. Gov. Hilario Davide III, Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Rose Vincoy and some Provincial Board (PB) members led…
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…
You go to the market to buy vegetables and you come across two eggplants: a smooth and pretty-looking one and another with pockmarks on its skin. Which one would you buy? Instinct usually tells you to grab…
Dedito Rica of Barangay Can-ibuang, Catmon town has been engaging in different ventures until he found a fortune in his own backyard. Rica said he has held different jobs, including running his own retail store. Then in…
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Cebu delivered at least P28 million worth of farming machinery to 15 farmers’ organizations in Cebu province in 2015. The recipients were the agrarian reform beneficiary organizations in the cities…
“MuraA gyud ko og hilantan og di ko kauma (I feel like I’m sick if I don’t get to farm),” said Ernesto Alivio, one of the 10 Outstanding Farmers cited by the Cebu provincial government in its…
A family man in Davao City left his government job to take up cacao farming. Three years after, Grover Rosit, 55, has another advocacy—helping fellow farmers in Yolanda-hit areas become agriculture entreprenuers of cacao. “Now is the…
‘If springs dry up, we’re in trouble’ The summer heat is taking its toll on farmers in Cebu City’s 31 upland barangays. Leonora Rabago, 34, and her husband rely on a spring in a nearby small cave…
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