April 2023

The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas joined in the Pagbalay 2023 event in Concepcion, Iloilo to enhance the town’s endeavors to revitalize its economy. To encourage the local businesses in the municipality, an array of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the municipality took part in the occasion, exhibiting their products. Concepcion Municipal Mayor […]

Rice farmers of Leganes, Iloilo, claimed their printed Fertilizer Discount Vouchers (FDVs) worth P5,851,614.78 from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas on March 30. The FDV program benefitted 1,397 rice growers from the municipality this dry season, cultivating 936.6 hectares of rice lands. According to Gareth Bayate, DA’s Agricultural Program Coordinating Officer for Iloilo,

To recognize the contributions of the local food producers, the Municipal Government Unit of San Joaquin held a Farmers and Fisherfolk’s Day with 1,035 farmers and fisherfolk participants in a program on March 24 in San Joaquin, Iloilo. A total of 935 farmers from 82 barangays and 100 fishermen from 20 coastal barangays attended the

Delegates from western visayas joined the three-day National Organic Agriculture Congress at the University of Southern Mindanao in Kabacan, Cotabato, March 21-23, 2023. The Aklan Provincial Organic Producers Association (APOPA), the first organic certifying body in the region, received its accreditation certification as Participation Guarantee System (GPGS) group certifying body. Organic agriculture practitioners, representatives from

The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas, through the Balik-Probinsya, Bagong Pag- asa (BP2) Program, distributed 2,160 heads of ready-to-lay pullets (RTL) Package with cages and three sacks of feeds each to 60 beneficiaries in the Province of Negros Occidental recently. The intervention is a response to Executive Order No. 114 series of 2020 or institutionalizing

Conducting regular surveillance on the possible prevalence of Avian Influenza (AI), the Department of Agriculture Western Visayas (DA-WV) through its Regulatory Division personnel collected blood and swab samples in barangays covered by Sibalom, Antique on March 14-16, 2023. The three-day activity collected 180 blood and swab samples from various types of domestic birds in different

To boost the local palay production and yield in the region, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas and DA-Agricultural Training Institute Regional Training Center 6 launched the third season of the School On the Air on Smart Rice Agriculture (SOA-SRA) Technologies in a program held on March 14 in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. “The SOA-SRA

In observance of Rabies Awareness Month, the Department of Agriculture- Western Visayas and Iloilo City Veterinary Office facilitated a kick-off activity on free rabies vaccination and consultation on March 13, 2023, at the DA-WV Regulatory Compound, Parola, Iloilo City. According to Dr. Pacifico Lumawag III, DA-WV Focal Person for Animal Health, updating the vaccination of

Philippine Senator Imee Marcos convened with the awardees of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Young Farmers Challenge (YFC) Program and beneficiaries of the Enhanced Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita Financial Grant Assistance Program on March 9 in Silay City, Negros Occidental. Seven farmers’ groups composed of 18 farmer-members are recipients of the Enhanced Kadiwa Financial

The provincial government of Antique gives full support to the Malusog Rice Program of the Department of Agriculture Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to institutionalize the deployment, commercial propagation, consumption, and promotion of the beta carotene-enriched rice. On February 23, the Antique Provincial Board passed a resolution supporting the