Mandaue Rice Retailer/Wholesaler

Bilang pakikiisa at pagsuporta sa Buwan ng Kababaihan, malugod naming inihahandog sa inyo ang Balitaktakan sa Kawanihan, Kababaihan Series.

Tumutok tuwing Huwebes simula 9:00 ng umaga para sa FB Live episodes na naglalayon na palawakin at bigyan ng oportunidad ang mga kababaihan.

Juana, kayang-kaya lalo na kung sama-sama!

The Lumintao Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative is among DA-ACPC's loan beneficiaries under the Expanded Sure Aid and Recovery Project or SURE COVID-19 for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). Under this facility, duly registered agri-fishery-based MSEs are provided with up to P10 million, zero-interest, payable up to five years working capital to ensure the availability of food supply and help them recover losses incurred from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PHILRICE Data Analytics Initiative Project (RiceLytics) aims to enhance baselining and forecasting of status of rice farmers and the rice industry in the country.

Once released, users will be able to access historical, current, and predictive information about the rice farmers including the basic profile, issues and concerns, farming techniques, preferred technologies, aspirations, and capabilities.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3q3p4Gk

|| According to Agriculture Secretary William Dar food security is a function of four major food sources: 1) Increased local production of safe, nutritious and affordable food; 2) Improvement of local supply chain and mobilization from surplus provinces to other areas; 3) Food diversification to promote other local food substitute; and 4) Supply augmentation through importation, a last resort to fill-up the demand.

As part of its food security initiatives, the Department of Agriculture (DA) — through its National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) together with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) — is employing innovative technologies to boost the country’s fish production.

In particular, the two DA fishery agencies are developing induced spawning techniques and nursery rearing protocols for “dalag” (mudfish) and “hito” (catfish), with the support of the DA Biotechnology Program.

Full story at https://www.da.gov.ph/new-ways-to-raise-dalag-hito-will-boost-fish-supply/

ANI AT KITA DANCE VIDEO CONTEST

IMPORTANT NOTES: THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO EVERYONE KAHIT SAAN KA MANG LUPALOP NG DAIGDIG. ONLY DA EMPLOYEES ARE EXEMPTED FROM JOINING THIS CONTEST. PLEASE DISREGARD THE AGE REQUIREMENTS CITED IN THE POSTER.

PRIZES AT STAKE

Champion - PhP20,000, Plaque, Ani at Kita T-shirt
First Runner-up - PhP10,000, Plaque, Ani at Kita T-shirt
Second Runner-up - PhP5,000, Plaque, Ani at Kita T-shirt
Consolation - PhP2,000, Certificates

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOmik0PXSWw&t=36s

Online Registration: https://forms.gle/s87GHX43b3g4MkRRA

Click on the photo for the details.

Sali na mga Ka-Agri!

|| on Wheels' schedule
February 18, 2021 (Thursday)

is currently looking for interested applicants for the Filipino Young Farmers Internship Program in Taiwan.

Application is only open for Region III (Central Luzon) residents. For interested applicants, you may contact Ms. Guia D. Reyes @ +63 915-258-8168 or Mr. Jayson B. Nidua @ +63 945-461-1423 for information.

Deadline of submission is on February 24, 2021.

The Department of Agriculture deeply mourns the passing of a former co-worker and friend, Mr. Victoriano “Vic” Leviste, who was arguably one of the longest-serving Agriculture Counsellors and Attachés of the Department prior to his retirement in 2016.

We offer our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones as we pray for the eternal repose of his soul.

-- Sec. William Dar and DA Family

The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), in partnership with the IOT Technology, will launch a market place and inventory platform called AgriKonek for the borrowers of the Kapital Access for Young Agripreneurs (KAYA) Loan Program.

With the AgriKonek, agripreneurs can effectively take control of their production inventory. They can monitor inventory, track changes, and eliminate inefficiencies to better control their production costs. Agrikonek helps gain visibility and understanding of real-time costs as well as receive orders directly from the consumers!

Tune in to ACPC’s Facebook LIVE on February 16, 2021, 3pm, to know more about this digital technology that empowers agripreneurs and their suki!

|| Prevailing retail prices of pork and chicken in selected wet markets in NCR, as of February 8, 2021

For more info, please contact:
DA-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS)
Surveillance, Monitoring, and Enforcement Group
2F, ADC Building, DA Compound Elliptical Road
Diliman, Quezon City
Phone: (02) 8-926-8203 loc. 2165 and 2167
Email: [email protected]

Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the awarding of more than P13-million worth of agricultural and fishery interventions to farmers and fishers of Maasim, Kiamba, and Maitum.

Full story at https://www.da.gov.ph/saranggani-farmers-receive-aid-agri-assistance-to-enhance-production/

|| on Wheels' schedule
February 07, 2021 (Sunday)
Additional:
✔️Brgy. Sto. Cristo, Quezon City

|| President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the Cabinet during yesterday’s meeting in Malacanang approved the creation of a government task force on economic intelligence (Econ Intel) to go after profiteers, price manipulators, hoarders and smugglers.

Full story at https://www.da.gov.ph/economic-intel-group-formed-to-run-after-profiteers-smugglers

DA-BFAR LIFTS THREE-MONTH GALUNGGONG CLOSED SEASON IN PALAWAN

The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) lifts the three-month closed fishing season on round scad or galunggong in northeastern Palawan on January 31, 2021. This marks the sixth year since it was first implemented in 2015.

The province of Palawan is a major supplier of galunggong in Metro Manila with an average of 95% of galunggong catch landed in Navotas Port coming from Palawan in 2020. With the opening of the galunggong-rich northeastern Palawan, the supply of galunggong in the wet markets of Metro Manila is set to increase. As a result, DA-BFAR is expecting the price of galunggong and other fish commodities to stabilize in the capital region in the coming weeks.

Since 2015, the implementation of closed fishing season in Palawan has continually yielded significant positive results in the production of galunggong in the area. Based on the report of the National Stock Assessment Program of Region IVB, the catch estimates of the species caught by purse seine has increased from 402.13 MT in 2016 to 653.66 MT in 2019, while those caught by ringnet bumped up from 170.97 MT to 285.32 MT during the same period.

DA-BFAR National Director Eduardo B. Gongona said that this consistent and gradual increase in catch of galunggong in the area is a welcome development in the Bureau’s bid to take care of our country’s fishery resources.

“This simply reinforces our firm decision to continue the implementation of the annual closed fishing season in the country’s major fishing grounds, which includes the galunggong-rich Palawan and integrate it in our holistic measures to fisheries management as part of the ‘One DA’ approach, which is anchored on the whole of government approach by President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration,” Director Gongona said.

Fisheries management and conservation measures such as closed fishing seasons, including the one in Palawan are advocated by Agriculture Secretary William Dar who calls for ensuring the sustainability of the country’s fisheries resources. He also backs strengthening of science-based policies and full implementation of fishery laws.

During the span of the three-month closed fishing season, the DA-BFAR’s law enforcement group stationed in Region IV-B has continuously conducted monitoring and patrol operations in the area. According to their report, only two fishing vessels were caught violating the order.

A joint initiative of the government, the fisheries sector, and other stakeholders through JAO-1, s. 2015, the closed fishing season was initiated to protect and replenish the population of the Decapterus species, also known as galunggong, during its peak spawning season and regulate the use of purse seine, ringnet and bagnet in catching the galunggong within the conservation area northeast of Palawan from November to January every year.

# # #

Reference:
DA-BFAR Region IV-B
Philippine Fisheries Development Authority

Following the success of a pioneering rice-vegetable production and marketing project in Lupao, Nueva Ecija, Agriculture Secretary William Dar has directed all DA regional field offices (RFOs), bureaus, and attached agencies, and corporations to “adopt a town or city” within their respective area as part of the Duterte administration’s Plant, Plant, Plant program to increase crop production and help stabilize supply and prices of vegetables and other farm commodities.

Full story at https://www.da.gov.ph/adopt-a-town-da-chief-urges-regional-units-bureaus-agencies/

|| The President commended Agriculture Secretary William Dar, during the January 11, 2021 Cabinet Meeting in Malacanang, where the DA chief presented the outcomes of the Duterte administration’s major initiatives to prop up the country’s agriculture and fishery sector.

Secretary Dar said President Duterte recognized all of the DA’s efforts and outcomes last year, saying: “I must congratulate you. Your department is one of the top performers in 2020!”

During the meeting, Secretary Dar said Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez also shared the positive outcomes of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) and the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), particularly the stable rice prices and record palay production in 2020 — to which the President Duterte said: “That’s another salute to Secretary Dar!”

Full story: https://www.da.gov.ph/prrd-cites-da-as-among-top-performing-agencies-in-2020/

|| Schedule for KADIWA on Wheels
January 16, 2021 (Saturday)

|| As African swine fever (ASF) continues to spread in the country, the private sector and the government are harmonizing their data on the country’s hog inventory.

“Secretary (William) Dar ordered that we focus on coming up with a unified data that both the private sector and the government will use,” said Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) director Reildrin Morales in a virtual briefing on Jan. 14.

Source: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/01/15/2070520/uniform-data-sought-asf-continues-spread?fbclid=IwAR1IS9-9mvhNGzU9lJJB0K7BIfOmIDPCazaPTJjXsRbs-F7L-lHc5DJumvY