Author name: RAFIS DA6

To enable rice growers to apply sufficient urea fertilizer to their crops, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas and the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) held a mass distribution of P5,350,422.00-worth of Fertilizer Discount Vouchers (FDV) on February 24 in the Municipality of San Rafael, Iloilo, which served a total of 1,093 beneficiaries. DA OIC-Regional […]

Recognizing the fast movement of the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus affecting already the neighboring provinces, the Antique Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet) convened all Municipal Agriculturists for a consultative meeting on February 25, 2023, at Antique Provincial Capitol. “We need to protect our swine industry. Isa ini sa mga importante nga pangabuhian sang mga Antiqueῆo.

“Dako giud ang amon kalipay kay natalupangdan man ang municipality of Tobias Fornier paagi sa sini nga kahiwatan. Ang ini nga selebrasyon isa ka pamaagi nga mapakita man ang duna nga kultura sa amon banwa kag makatib-ong sang mga produkto sang aton mga lokal nga mangunguma kag mangingisda paagi sa paghiwat sang Agro-Industrial Fair nga

As a government’s move to ensure high yield amid the soaring fertilizer prices, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas allocated P635,617,356.00 worth of Fertilizer Discount Vouchers (FDV) to eligible rice farmers who planted palay this 2022-2023 dry cropping season. Inadequate nitrogen fertilizer application limits the attainment of the potential of the region to increase

Aiming to identify potential Local Government Units (LGUs) who can initially implement the program on swine sentinelling, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas Livestock Program mounted a consultative meeting with 45 municipal/city agriculturists and LGU representatives from 23 African Swine Fever (ASF) affected areas on February 15, 2023, at WESVIARC Compound, Iloilo City. The

The Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas’ (DA-WV) Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) holds a two-day complementation activity with the Provincial Local Government Units (PLGU) in Kalibo, Aklan, February 16 to 17. To maintain a strong collaboration between AMAD and provincial LGUs, a complementation activity is conducted to discuss the regular programs of the agribusiness and

“Our public markets should be filled with farmer’s produce coming from Tacuyong Norte Farmers Association. To produce more vegetables and crops is a way to uplift our economy and address the price increasing of vegetables in the market. TNFA should have a competitive advantage in bench marking, wherein cluster barangays must focus on a particular

Acting promptly to reports on undocumented livestock products, personnel from the Bureau of Animal Industry Veterinary Quarantine Service 6 (BAI VQS 6), Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas, and Provincial Veterinary Offices of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City prevented the entry of a shipment carrying 8,000 trays of table eggs to BREDCO Port, Bacolod City

Thirty units of rice combine harvesters were turned over by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) to qualified farmers associations and cooperatives (FCAs) of Iloilo during the Provincial Turnover and Agricultural Machinery Distribution on February 7 at Banate, Iloilo. The agricultural machines turned over were under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)