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The Department of Agriculture Western Visayas Filipino Food Month Cooking Olympics recently concluded with Ibos sa Isla and Guimaras Mango Pasta emerging as the winners. The Ibos sa Isla, a traditional Filipino delicacy made of glutinous rice and coconut milk wrapped in banana leaves, won the hearts and taste buds of the judges with its […]

The Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas (DA-WV) recently marked the High Value Crops Week celebration with a series of free seminars on cacao, coffee and vegetable production as well as urban agriculture. The event aimed to promote the potential of high-value crops in generating income and improving food security in the region. The seminars covered various

The turnover of the P500,000 greenhouse facility to the Lezo Multi-purpose Cooperative by the Department of Agriculture (DA) is a significant milestone for the members of the cooperative. This will provide them with a secure area to grow high-value crops regardless of the weather conditions. It is hoped to increase productivity and income that will

The Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas pushes for the consumption, preservation, and promotion of local food and culinary tradition in this year’s Filipino Food Month (FFM) Celebration themed “Pagkaing Sariling Atin, Mahalin at Pagyamanin” back-to-back with the High Value Crops Week in a three-day event from April 11 to 13, at Robinsons Place Iloilo.

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

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

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

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

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,

To recognize the contributions of the local food producers, the Municipal Government Unit of San Joaquin held a Farmers and Fisherfolk’s Day with 1,035 farmers and fisherfolk participants in a program on March 24 in San Joaquin, Iloilo. A total of 935 farmers from 82 barangays and 100 fishermen from 20 coastal barangays attended the