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The Department of Agriculture-Catanduanes Hilly Upland Development Station(CHUDS) headed by Mr. Dean L. Medrano, ACC II/Superintendent joins and supports the celebration of CATANDUANES FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY 2022 with the theme; "Catanduanes @77: Pagpatalubo kan Kulturang Ginikanan, Satong Pakusugon"
Marana kamo sa samong isla_HappyIsland!

Congratulations RED Rodel P. Tornila, re-designated Regional Executive Director of DA Bicol!

September 17, 2022 | DA-CHUDS personnel and staff spearheaded by Superintendent Dean L. Medrano participated to the 2022 International Coastal Cleanup, wherein the assigned area of the agency at the shoreline of Talisoy, Virac🌊🏖

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS | Online Kabataang Agribiz Training (E-KAT) on September 16, 2022, 9:00 AM via zoom.

LIMITED SLOTS ONLY!

Topic: Orientation on the programs and projects of DA - National Organic Agriculture Program (NOAP) and DA-National Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Program (NUPAP).

Registration link: https://bit.ly/3UaQCd2

HANGGANG 50% ang bawas ng ani kapag may bacterial leaf blight (BLB) ang palayan! 😲

Ngayong tag-ulan, huwag hayaang laging babad sa tubig ang palay at maglagay lamang ng tamang dami ng pataba upang sila'y maiwasan.

Maaring isagawa ang sumusunod para maiwasan ang BLB:
✅Magsagawa ng alternate wetting and drying (AWD) para mabawasan ang halumigmig sa puno ng palay at maiwasan ang pagkalat ng sakit.
✅ Tanggalin agad ang palay na tinamaan ng sakit. Huwag ibaon sa palayan dahil maaaring mabuhay ang mga bacteria sa tubig at makahawa sa ibang panamin.
✅ Iwasang maglagay ng sobrang pataba lalo na ng nitroheno. Mas mainam hatiin ng 2-3 beses upang hindi lumambot ang puno at dahon ng palay na maaaring sanhi ng pagkasugat at mapasukan ng sakit.

Sa darating na taniman:
✅ Pagpahingahin ang lupa ng hindi bababa ng 30 araw. Mas mainam din na hayaan matuyo ang mga pasyok at mga dayami para mamatay ang semilya ng sakit.
✅ Gumamit ng barayti na may laban sa sakit.

At 8:00 AM today, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) east of Aparri, Cagayan developed into Tropical Depression .

Tropical Cyclone Bulletins will be issued starting 11:00 AM today.

In an effort to ensure sufficient food supply while the country faces the looming food crisis, and boost production of the country’s essential food items for the long-term, President Ferdinand R. Marcos met with key officials of the Department of Agriculture on July 18, at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management Convention Hall in Quezon City.

“We need an immediate plan to ensure that our food supply and the food prices are within reach of ordinary Filipinos from now until the end of the year,” the President and current DA Secretary said.

Undersecretary for Operations and Chief-of-Staff Leocadio Sebastian led the presentation of the agency’s catch-up operational plan, which will prioritize the production of rice, corn, livestock, poultry, vegetables, and fisheries.

Strategies for other programs such as fertilizer subsidy, urban and peri-urban agriculture, and Kadiwa that will boost food production and improve the mobilization of affordable agri-fishery commodities were also presented.

Full story at https://www.da.gov.ph/pbbm-appraise-da-operational-plans-to-boost-food-supply/

Tugon ito ni PBBM sa tanong kung bukas ito sa pag-amyenda ng Republic Act 11203 o Rice Tariffication Law.

Ang RCEF ay mula sa taripa na ipinapataw sa rice importation at inilalaan para sa mechanization, access sa mas magandang seedling o binhi at financial credit para sa mga magsasaka. | ulat ni Kathleen Jean Forbes

BASAHIN: https://bit.ly/3NgeF5U

“We see this pronouncement as a victory of the DA in rousing broad public support towards the sector’s rehabilitation and empowerment. His resolve to take the reins is a strong indication to this. We are confident this will augur an unprecedented ‘whole-of-government’ movement for the urgent attainment of food sovereignty in this time of crisis,” Secretary Dar said.

Full story: https://www.da.gov.ph/dar-welcomes-decision-of-president-elect-marcos-jr-to-lead-da/

Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar distributed a total of P302.08 million worth of financial assistance and other interventions to farmers and fishers in the province of Pampanga during the formal launch of the second wave of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund – Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) and the Fuel Discount Program on May 24, 2022.

About P240.4 M will be awarded under the first and second waves of the RFFA, benefitting 21,687 rice farmers in 2021 and 25,339 this year. A total of P2.25 M in the form of fuel discount vouchers will also be distributed to 936 corn farmers and fisherfolk.

On top of these, a total of 40 farmer cooperatives and associations (FCAs) will receive a total of 59 farm machineries from the DA Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) under the RCEF Mechanization component.

The machineries—which consist of four-wheel tractors, hand tractors, precision seeder, rice combine harvesters, mobile rice mill, single pass rice mill, multi-stage rice mills, seed cleaners, mechanical weeders, and a shallow tube well—amounted to P58.7 M.

Full story at https://www.da.gov.ph/pampangueno-farmers-fishers-receive-p302-08-m-worth-of-da-interventions/

TINGNAN: Pinirmahan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte ang mga batas na kumikilala sa kahalagahan ng mga lokal na produktong agrikultural at ang papel nito sa pag-unlad ng mga lugar sa mga lalawigan.

[TECHNOLOGY OF THE WEEK]

To provide rice farmers and pest control officers access to reliable and prompt virus disease diagnostic tool, the DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute and the Central Luzon State University spearheaded the use and optimization of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay.

LAMP is a simple and inexpensive detection protocol that can provide results within an hour, faster than the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique.

With this, they can immediately mobilize local disease management system and allow protection of standing crops. It will also allow them to avoid crop loss and additional pesticide expenditure and misuse. # # #

Read more: bit.ly/BARDigest_JanuaryMarch2021

DA-SAAD continues to support poultry ventures of Bicolano farmer The DA-SAAD Program supports poultry ventures. The CNCA from Catanduanes, and farmers from Sorsogon received stocks of chicken for livlihood.

More than five million farmers, fishers, and farm workers have to date registered under the national Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) that serves as a major requirement, prioritizing them to receive various assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA).

“As of March 8, 2022, we have registered 5,463,735 farmers, fishers, and farm workers, exceeding our target amid the pandemic that restricted movement and physical contact,” said Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar.

“Once registered, they are given priority in availing of agriculture and fishery assistance in the form of cash or farm inputs like seeds and fertilizers, and fuel subsidy vouchers, and crop insurance, to name a few,” the DA chief added.

The DA has been encouraging all farmers, farm workers/laborers, fisherfolk, including farm youth to register in their respective City or Municipal Agriculture Offices (C/MAOs), where they are assisted in filling out the RSBSA enrolment form, said DA Assistant Secretary for Regional Operations Arnel de Mesa.

Full story at https://www.da.gov.ph/da-registers-5-4-m-farmers-fishers-in-rsbsa/

The DA-Bureau of Agricultural Research warmly congratulates its chief agriculturist Joell H. Lales for his appointment as the new assistant bureau director (Director III).

The bureau looks forward to your proactive leadership and the changes that it will bring as we continue to serve the agriculture and fisheries research for development sector.

Lales was designated as the OIC-assistant director of the bureau through DA Special Order no. 844, series of 2020 signed by Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar on 16 December 2020 following the retirement of former OIC-assistant director Digna L. Sandoval. Prior to this, assistant director Lales was the chief of the bureau’s Research Program Development Division from 2011-2020. He also served as the bureau’s planning officer from 2006-2010.

Pagbati at padayon, Sir Joell!

TINGNAN: Kinumpirma ni Department of Agriculture - Philippines Secretary William Dar sa Public Briefing ngayong araw, Marso 4, na handa nang ipamahagi ng gobyerno ngayong Marso ang fuel subsidy para sa mga magsasaka’t mangingisda na may kabuuang halaga na P500 million. Layon ng fuel subsidy program na maibsan ang epekto ng pagtaas sa presyo ng petrolyo sa ating mga magsasaka at mangingisda.