Helping more swine growers to recover from the devastation of African Swine Fever (ASF), the Provincial Government of Iloilo distributed Php 1,448,000.00 cash assistance for 133 hog raisers in Leganes and San Miguel on January 24-25, respectively. “May naga pulaw-bugtaw, wala na sang tulog. Maayo kay we passed that stage. Nagapangayo kami sang pasensya kay […]
The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas together with the Department of Tourism, Department of Trade and Industry , Iloilo Festival Foundation Inc. and the city and province of Iloilo joined the Iloilo Business Expo(ILOBEX) organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)in participation to the Dinagyang festival at Robinsons Mall , January 16-22,
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The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas (DA-WV) F2C2 Program recently turned over the PhP100,000 business capital grant to Progressive Women Agrarian Reform Cooperative (PWARC) as the beneficiary of the fund bagged by the DA-F2C2 delegate as the best business plan during the business plan training organized by the Agricultural Training Institute Regional Training Center VI
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Aiming to regain the hog industry in Oton, Iloilo after being affected by African Swine Fever (ASF), the Iloilo Provincial Government turned over a financial assistance amounting to P1,646,000.00 for 189 hog raisers on January 19, 2023. This is the first batch of distribution after the rigid validation of the Provincial Veterinary Office (ProVet) for
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The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas together with the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS) awards a certificate of accreditation to APOPA ( Aklan Provincial Organic Producers Association) as Organic Certifying Body (OCB) in Estancia, Aklan , January 13, 2023. APOPA is now considered a legal entity, accredited by DA-BAFS to perform the necessary
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The bulb onion farmers in Miagao, Iloilo have already started planting bulb onions early this year with high hopes to bounce back from production losses they encountered in 2022 and to reach the potential yield this coming harvest season in the month of June. During an interview in Bombo Radyo Iloilo, Miagao Onion Coordinator April
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Asserting its continuous fight against the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) to the livestock industry in the region, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas turned over one unit of mobile disinfection unit to the Province of Negros Occidental on January 9, 2023. This disinfection vehicle was procured by the DA- Bureau of Animal
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In observance of the 2022 National Women’s Month, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas features the outstanding rural women farmers, agri-entrepreneurs, and women prime movers in the agri-fishery sector in a week-long exhibit dubbed as “Babaye, Ka-Agri” at SM City Iloilo. DA Western Visayas Regional Executive Director Remelyn Recoter said the celebration seeks to
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Aiming to build resilient and progressive agriculture communities, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas, through the Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA) and the Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-Asa Program (BP2), turned over a total of P9 million worth of farm machinery to eight active cooperatives and associations in Banate, Iloilo on February 9.
𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗔𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝟵-𝗠 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗗𝗔-𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗔, 𝗕𝗣𝟮 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 Read More »
𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝟮𝟬.𝟮𝟮-𝗠 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗙 A total of 4,044 small-holder rice farmers from Jamindan, Capiz, received P5,000.00 cash grant each from the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Assistance-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) on Feb. 15 to 16. Of the P233,185,000.00 allocation for the province, the Municipality of Jamindan obtained a P20.22 million
𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝟮𝟬.𝟮𝟮-𝗠 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗙 Read More »