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
February 9, 2022
A farmer with a heavy load of freshly Harvested Cabbage at Atok, Benguet’s all-year-round cold weather is very conducive to highland vegetable farming.
January 24, 2021
Hand out photo of the vegetable plantations in upland Licuan-Baay town in Abra. Artemio Dumlao/ABN
April 26, 2020
Benguet Governor Melchor Diclas appealed to local chief executives and other officials in the municipalities to allow their farmers to continue to tend to their farms despite the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine due to the COVID-19 threat. RMC PIA-CAR
January 28, 2020
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet- A total of 121 irrigation projects was completed and it generated 3,834 jobs in CY 2019, the National Irrigation Administration-Cordillera (NIA-CAR) reported on Friday (Jan.24). The projects are in line with agency’s mission to improve farmers’ quality of life and contribute to the inclusive growth of the region and to the country […]
July 30, 2019
Marimay Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (SRIP) main canal undergoes concreting. More than 300 farmers benefit from the project which is programmed to irrigate 1,178 hectares of rainfed areas in four barangays of Flora, Apayao. NIA-CAR/ABN
July 8, 2019
These corn areas in Alfonso Lista, Ifugao will form part of the service area of the ongoing Alfonso Lista Pump Irrigation Project (ALPIP), one of the multi-year major projects of National Irrigation Administration-Cordillera (NIA-CAR). The ALPIP aims to provide sustainable agricultural development by providing substantial and timely water supply for irrigation in agriculture lands in […]
February 10, 2019
A total of 171 irrigation projects were completed in the Cordillera region in 2018, the National Irrigation Authority (NIA)-Cordillera reported on Thursday, February 7. Benito Espique Jr., regional manager of NIA-Cordillera, said the completed irrigation projects which generated more than five thousand jobs will benefit some 7,242 farmers in the region. Espique said Kalinga topped […]
November 10, 2018
After the devastation of typhoon in North Luzon that wrought damages to agriculture, these farmers start planting rice in the fields at Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya.