April 13, 2024
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet The current high cost for a kilo of rice can be cut down to P20/kilo. Apayao Vice Governor and National Confederation of Irrigators Association (NCIA) president Remy Albano expressed his optimism over the feasibility of P20 per kilo rice with Compact Farming, which involves synchronized planting of a single rice variety to […]
April 12, 2024
BAGUIO CITY About PHP444.94 million worth of agricultural damage has been recorded in the Cordillera region as of March 22 due to the dry spell, a report from the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed on Thursday. DA-Cordillera Director Jennilyn Dawayan, in a report, said most of the damage involved yellow corn […]
March 23, 2024
Low water supply in upland farms LA TRINIDAD, Benguet Almost 6,000 farmers are affected by the EL Niño weather phenomenon, the Office of Municipal Agriculture (OMAG) reported. The agricultural office cited the low level of water from various sources -rivers and springs, thus, affecting several upland farms and threatens local production. Areas affected are Barangays […]
March 16, 2024
BAGUIO CITY Pinagaaralan ngayon sa Sangguniang Panlungsod ang ipinasang ordinansa ni Councilor Leandro Yangot,Jr., ang Urbanized Agriculture, na naglalayon na bigyang-diin ang kahagahan ng pagsasaka sa siyudad ng Baguio. Ang iminungkahing ordinansa ay tumutukoy sa isang multi-faceted policy framework, mula sa pagsuporta sa pagbawas ng kahirapan hanggang sa pagpapahusay ng environmental resilience, gaya na lamang […]
January 6, 2024
SAN FERNANDO, La Union The Provincial Government of La Union through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg) collaborated with the Department of Agriculture Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization- Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program (DA Philmech-RCEF) to distribute agricultural machinery to La Union Farmer Cooperatives/ Associations in support to their agricultural productivity. The Mechanization […]
January 6, 2024
PGLU/Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg) collaborated with Department of Agriculture Philippine Center for Post-harvest Development and Mechanization-Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program (DA-Philmech-RCEF) to distribute agricultural machinery to La Union farmers in support to their agricultural productivity, together with Provincial Gov. Rafy OrtegaDavid, the distributed machinaries include 24 units of hand tractors and 12 units of […]
December 23, 2023
LA TRINIDAD The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DACAR) said at least 8,399 Benguet farmers affected by super typhoon “Egay” will benefit from the PHP20 million worth of supplies. In an interview on Thursday, Lito Mocati of the DA-CAR Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, said the beneficiaries, identified by municipal governments, are […]
December 9, 2023
Innovate agricultural practices to meet food sufficiency, global competition-PSA official BAGUIO CITY Benguet economic performance in 2022 has slowed down to 5.1 percent as compared to its 6.1 percent in the previous year, the Philippine Statistics Authority-Cordillera (PSACAR) said on Monday (Dec.4). Benguet has a 23.3 percent share from region’s P337.66 billion gross domestic product […]
December 9, 2023
BAGUIO CITY The Department of Agrarian Reform – Cordillera Administrative Region (DARCAR) and DAR-Benguet, in partnership with the Baguio City Government through the City Veterinary and Agriculture Office (CVAO) have turned over Farm Machineries and Equipment (FME) valued at Php 320,000 to Agrarian Reform agricultural technology, and put value-added on farm products, the province’ agricultural […]
September 24, 2023
Department of Agriculture-Cordillera (DA-CAR) Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) Chief Joan Bacbac formally turned-over a the “Kadiwa truck” transport vehicle to Tuba Mayor Clarita Sal-ongan, Vice Mayor Maria Carantes, and members of the Sanguniang Bayan as part of the opening of the 8th Ava Festival of Tuba, Benguet on Thursday, September 21,2023. The vehicle […]