Relvin B. Paragua, 40 years old and a dedicated agriculturist, pioneered revitalizing the cacao industry in Western Visayas. Before he decided to join the Department of Agriculture Western Visayas (DA-WV), he was a field technician assisting cacao farmers with USDA and USAID projects. Despite private organizations’ efforts to popularize cacao in the region, farmers still […]
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The Department of Agriculture (DA), National Dairy Authority (NDA), and the Municipality of New Lucena, Iloilo’s local chief executive, recently signed a memorandum of agreement for the P40 million construction and establishment of the NDA Western Visayas Regional Office laboratory, Dairy Feeds Center, Dairy Demo Farm, and Dairy Showroom. The MOA signing took place at
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The Department of Agriculture (DA), through Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. awarded a total of P909.68 million worth of projects to farmers, fisherfolk, and organized groups of Iloilo in a program held at the Iloilo Convention Center on February 14. Under the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA), 392 Ilonggo farmers availed P5,000.00 each
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