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DA WV, Iloilo Province award P7.4-M worth of agricultural projects to Leon FAs

The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas (DA-WV) and the Iloilo Provincial Government turned over P7.4 million worth of agricultural projects to several farmers’ associations in Leon, Iloilo, recently. Being known as the source of abundant fruits and vegetable produce in Iloilo province, the greenhouse facility, machineries and various farm inputs will promote the productivity of […]

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NCI SRD conducts pilot testing of RBME tools for Central Antique

The National Convergence Initiative for Sustainable Rural Development (NCI-SRD) conducted a pilot testing of results-based monitoring and evaluation tools in Central, Antique on March 28-31, 2023. This initiative aimed to improve the implementation and effectiveness of rural development programs by adopting a results-based approach to monitoring and evaluation. The Western Visayas Regional Convergence Initiative Technical

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DA urges rice farmers to plant early, readies interventions for dry season

The Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas encourages rice farmers in the region to start their crop establishment by May to ensure sufficient production volume in preparation for the El Niño phenomenon projected to occur last quarter of the year. DA’s OIC Regional Executive Director Engr. Jose Albert A. Barrogo said the department had positioned

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DA WV takes part in the Pagbalay Festival, provides programs and services to farmer

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

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Leganes, Iloilo rice farmers get P5.85-M fertilizer vouchers

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,

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WV joins 2023 organic agriculture nat’l congress

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

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60 Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-asa Program beneficiaries avail chicken stocks

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

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DA-WV surveys Avian Influenza in Sibalom, Antique

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

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SOA on smart rice agriculture 3rd season launched in W. Visayas

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

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