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 […]
September 23, 2023
The provincial government of La Union in collaboration with various government agencies, has launched the localized Kadiwa ng Pangulo in La Union to address food prices hikes and ensure food security in the province, the initiative connects local farmers and small businesses with consumers, aiming to stabilize prices, promote local businesses, and enhance food security. […]
April 4, 2022
Local farmers harvest lettuce from a “heart-shaped farm” in Asin, Tuba, Benguet. Farmers are developing most of their lots to be part of the farm tourism destinations in the province of Benguet. RMC PIA-CAR