AGRICULTURE

Farmers of Barangay Ibutigen in Sultan Kudarat,
Maguindanao expressed gratitude for the harvest techonoly shared to them the by
Department of Agriculture-Maguindanao in the recent Jollirice Harvest Festival.

The activity was organized by the Sultan Kudarat
Municipal Agriculture Office under Munisipal Agricultural Officer Guiapar
Esmail with assistance from DA-Maguindanao as part of its High Yielding
Technology Adoption project.

COTABATO CITY -- Approximately 3,000 farmers in six towns of Maguindanao received
agricultural input packages from the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (UN-FAO) with the help of Magungaya Mindanao Incorporated (MMI),
its partner non-government organization (NGO).

COTABATO CITY -- Examinees in the ARMM who are hoping to become
beneficiaries of the Fisheries Scholarship Program of the Bureau of Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources of the Department of Agriculture are eagerly awaiting the
results of the program’s recruitment examination held simultaneously nationwide
on February 24.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – At least 22 farmers from North Cotabato would be sent to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to work in the 100-hectare rice demonstration farm that will soon rise once the Duterte administration inks a final deal with the PNG government, Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol said.The farmers, Pinol said, would come from his hometown in M’lang, North Cotabato.

KIAMBA, Sarangani- Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Piñol never
stops.

In his latest edition of Biyaheng
Bukid , the agriculture chief of the Department of Agriculture (DA) docked
in Kiamba, Sarangani and brought government projects.

This affair was also in line with the celebration of the town’s Farmers’
Day for its 14th Timpuyog Festival and 70th Foundation
Anniversary.

BULUAN,Maguindanao - A modern Halal hatchery and poultry dressing plant was inaugurated in simple ceremonies yesterday in Buluan, Maguindanao, marking another positive development in a province whose name was synonymous to conflict and bloodshed years back.Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu, whose wife and siblings were among those who were killed in the infamous Maguindanao Massacre in November 2008, said that the project is expected to provide livelihood and income to hundreds of poor Muslim families through a growership program.The hatchery will initially produce 60,000 broiler chi

The scare tactics will not stand a chance against statistics.Contrary to reports that there is a looming rice shortage because the Natonal Food Authority (NFA) has not brought in imported rice, there is actually a huge inventory of locally harvested rice.The Department of Agriculture's Field Operations head Undersecretary Ariel Cayanan said the estimated buffer stocks by the end of the First Quarter of 2018 is placed at 3-Million Metric Tons which would be enough to supply the daily consumption of 31,450 Metric Tons per day for 96 days.The 96-day buffer stock is one of the biggest rice inv

COTABATO CITY – Farmers in Cotabato City are expected to
increase productivity with the coming of urban farming technology from the
Department of Agriculture.

The hydrophonics and aquaphonics farming system were turned
over DA-12 and its partner, Aboitiz Company to the Bangasamoro Development
Agency in Barangay Kalanganan, Cotabato City.

It is a project of DA 12 under the urban agriculture – Pagkain Para
sa Masa program. Under this program, the beneficiaries are trained in urban
farming and they will receive agricultural inputs.

COTABATO CITY – More than 4,000 fisher folks in the province of Maguindanao are expected to benefit from several fisheries-based livelihood projects of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) through its Humanitarian and Development Assistance Program (HDAP).Janice Musali, executive director of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-ARMM, said residents dependent on fishing from the second district of Maguindanao will be assisted with livelihood projects to help them generate income and improve their living conditions.

KALAMANSIG, Sultan Kudarat -- For decades, Manobo farmers in far-flung
mountainous village of Datu Wasay here were left with no choice but to lay their
harvested grains in tattered sacks and tarps to improve its quality with the
absence of solar drier in the place.

More often than not, this practice had resulted in poor quality of their
farm products like coffee, palay and corn and sold it to market at very low
prices.