DA Western Visayas’ newly installed Regional Executive Director Dennis R. Arpia pointed out that timely delivery of interventions and technology support to farming stakeholders is necessary for farmers and fishers in the region to achieve better yield and increased income.
DA-6 convened for the joint Field Operations Division Review to evaluate the progress of their continuous food security efforts.
RAFC Chairperson Buen S. Mondejar, Farmer Director for WV, and reaffirmed his objectives for the development of the agri-fishery sector.
Malusog Rice commercial propagation in Antique aims to produce a sufficient supply of the beta carotene-enriched rice.
To enable rice growers to apply sufficient urea fertilizer to their crops, the DA and MAO held a mass distribution of fertilizer vouchers.
As a government’s move to ensure high yield amid the soaring fertilizer prices, the DA allocated P635,617,356.00 worth of FDV to eligible rice farmers who planted palay this 2022-2023 dry cropping season.
To help farmers maximize their production output and yield, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas introduced six recommended hybrid rice varieties through the establishment of a 100-hectare of clustered demonstration farm in Calinog, Iloilo, this year.
In the Palay Sikatan field day held on September 8, rice farmers from the adjacent barangays observed the grains and tillers of palay planted in the six-hectare contiguous demo farm.
To cope with the increasing demands for vegetables and high-value commodities, KOICA embarked on the Smart Agriculture System project in WV.