Author name: RAFIS DA6

Understanding the farmers’ plight prompted a prominent group in Dingle, Iloilo, to form a farmers’ cooperative in February 1956. Initially called the Dingle FACOMA or the Farmers Marketing Cooperative, the Dingle Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MPC) was established to assist local rice farmers in overcoming several constraints in the agriculture sector, including farmers’ difficulty marketing their produce […]

The Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas recognized women who have made significant contributions to agriculture and fisheries during the 2024 Gawad Parangal sa Katangi-tanging Kababaihan sa Pagsasaka at Pangisda sa Kanayunan on October 17, 2024, in Iloilo City. The search for outstanding rural women was spearheaded by DA-RFO6 Regional Executive Director Dennis Arpia, represented

  Rice farmers of Brgy. Ongol Ilaya Farmers Association in Dumarao, Capiz, gear for higher production this wet season harvest with the interventions from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas’ MASAGANA Program. Farmer members gathered on October 16 for a field day celebrating the increased harvest for cultivating hybrid seeds for the first time

  The five-month-long School On Air on Smart Rice Agriculture (SOA-SRA) radio program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas capped on October 11 with around 400 farmer-graduates from the Municipalities of Dingle, Passi City, Pototan, and Sta. Barbara, Iloilo. DA Western Visayas conducted the SOA-SRA over DYRI RMN Iloilo 774kHz from June to

The NSIC Rc 604 (saline-resistant variety) of palay cultivated in the two-hectare rice area at the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas Integrated Agricultural Research Center (WESVIARC), Jaro, Iloilo, City obtained a 6.2 metric tons per hectare average yield. According to Science Research Specialist Engr. Flerida Demamay, NSIC Rc 604 varietal production is part of

The Isla de Guimaras Native Chicken Production and Marketing Enterprise, funded under the Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP), has emerged as a model of success in the local poultry industry. This transformative initiative, spearheaded by the Buenavista Development Cooperative (BDC) in collaboration with its cluster members, the Concordia Livestock and Poultry Raisers

A first-time user of hybrid seeds in Leon, Iloilo has reported a substantial increase in his rice yield this wet season, reaching 6.79 metric tons per hectare. Raian John Cainglet, a 37-year-old member of the Buenamano Farmer Cluster Association in the Municipality of Leon, Iloilo, significantly improved his rice harvest by using hybrid seeds provided