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Some 31 agricultural extension workers (AEWs) in Cebu Province attended a consultative meeting facilitated by the Department of Agriculture-Central Visayas through the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (DA-AMAD) today, March 28, 2025, at a venue in Mandaue City. Guidelines of the DA’s Young Farmers Challenge (YFC) Program were introduced to the AEWs, as it also continue reading : Agri news | Cebu AEWs brief on YFC, youths encouraged to participate

“Sa duha ka adlaw nga seminar ining Cacao Package of Technology (POT), daghan mi’g nakuha kabahin sa bag-ong paagi sa pagpananom ug pag-process sa cacao.” (We learned a lot of new technologies on cacao production and processing during the two-days seminar on Cacao Package of Technologies.) Speaking for the entire members of the Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma continue reading : Agri feature | Cacao POT inculcates new knowledge to cacao growers

“Sa duha ka adlaw nga seminar ining Cacao Package of Technology (POT), daghan mi’g nakuha kabahin sa bag-ong paagi sa pagpananom ug pag-process sa cacao.” (We learned a lot of new technologies on cacao production and processing during the two-days seminar on Cacao Package of Technologies.) Speaking for the entire members of the Nagkahiusang Mag-uuma continue reading : Agri feature | Cacao POT inculcates new knowledge to cacao growers

The Department of Agriculture-Central Visayas (DA7) joined in the conduct of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Program Implementation (MELLPI) Pro in Cebu City on March 25-26, 2025, as one of the members of the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET). With the National Nutrition Council (NNC) as the lead agency, being the secretariat of continue reading : Agri news | DA7 joins nutrition evaluation in Cebu City; calls to practice urban agriculture

The Department of Agriculture-Central Visayas (DA) facilitated two batches of seminar on Food Safety, with emphasis on the Philippine Good Agricultural Practices (PhilGAP) and Good Animal Husbandry Practices (GAHP) certification to around 60 agricultural technicians from the Local Government Units (LGUs), farmer cooperatives, and individual farmers, held on March 26-27, 2025, at a hotel in continue reading : Agri news | DA7 conducts Food Safety Seminar on GAP and GAHP

Department of Agriculture (DA) Assistant Secretary for High Value Crop Development Program (DA-HVCDP), Atty. Joycel Panlilio graced the Local Farm Family Congress of Tanjay City, Negros Oriental today, March 26, 2025. The family congress gathered the farmers, fisherfolk and rural-based organizations (RBOs) of the city, as they showcased their agri and fishery products, as well continue reading : Agri news | Aggie dept graces local Farm Family Congress in NegOr

The Department of Agriculture Central Visayas (DA7), through its Agribusiness Marketing Assistance Division-Agribusiness Industry Support Section (AMAD-AISS) conducted yesterday, March 25, 2025, a consultative workshop with the rice industry stakeholders held at a venue in Madnaue City. With the presence of the rice stakeholders, which include the include the National Food Authority (NFA), Bureau of continue reading : Agri news | DA7 meets with rice retailers for MSRP

The rolling out of the Adaptation and Mitigation Initiatives in Agriculture (AMIA) Decision Support Tools (DSTs) continued in the provinces of Cebu and Bohol on March 25 and 26, respectively, attended by some 69 local local government units (LGUs) composed of municipal agriculturists and technicians and regional line agencies. For Cebu roll out, some 45 continue reading : Agri news | AMIA tools roll out in Cebu and Bohol

The Department of Agriculture-Central Visayas (DA7) conducted a two-day Farm Record Keeping training attended by 21 farmers from the five (5) farmers’ associations of the Adaptation and Mitigation Initiatives in Agriculture (AMIA) Villages in Tagbilaran City, Bohol, on March 24-25, 2025. Participating AMIA Villages were the Taming Agrarian Reform Community Farmers Association Incorporation (TARCFAI) in continue reading : Agri News | AMIA Villages in Bohol attend training on farm record keeping

Some 3,817 rice farmers from Bilar, Bohol received agricultural inputs from the Department of Agriculture-Central Visayas (DA7) worth Php 4,576,489.50 to support the rice production of the province. Funded under the DA-Rice Program, agri inputs distributed to farmers were inorganic fertilizer (14-14-14), bio-fertilizers, and soil ameliorants (fermented chicken dung) through a discount vouchers. After claiming continue reading : Agri news | DA 7 distributes agri inputs for Bohol rice farmers