Author: DA Communications Group | 29 May 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar and other officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) led the harvesting of fresh vegetables from the technology demonstration sites of the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), highlighting the culmination of the 2020 National Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month celebration on May 29, continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 27 May 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar, together with the Bureau of Plant and Industry Director George Culaste and Assistant Director Glenn Panganiban, turned over today, May 27 vegetable seeds and seedlings to Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso and Barangay Chairman Sigfred Hernani of Brgy. 128 Paradise Heights, Smokey continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 26 May 2020 The country’s agriculture sector is expected to play a major role in pursuing a socio-economic response framework to the Covid-19 pandemic recovery efforts. “For us to rise stronger from this Covid-19 crisis, the government must encourage the development of an agriculture-driven economy,” said Agriculture Secretary William continue reading…
The Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council (PAFC) in Quezon Province, through the help of the Office of the Provincial Agriculture (OPA), immediately responded to the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) “Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) kontra COVID-19” or known as “Plant, Plant, Plant Program”. The program is an initiative of the Department to increase farm continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 29 April 2020 Amid the challenges in global food systems due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is ready to take on the challenge of the ‘new normal’ facing the country’s agriculture and fishery sector. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the COVID-19 pandemic highlights the vulnerabilities continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 29 April 2020 The Department of Agriculture (DA) will distribute seeds and fertilizers for free to rice farmers starting the 2020 wet cropping season to further boost the country’s rice production. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the full implementation of the P8.5-billion Rice Resiliency Project (RRP) under the Plant, continue reading…
Author: DA Communications Group | 28 April 2020 Agriculture Secretary William Dar forged a partnership with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on April 28, with the launching of the Urban Agriculture Program inside the compound of Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. “We thank Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of the Department of National Defense continue reading…
