NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (Eagle News) — Ipinahayag ng Department of Agriculture (DA)-Negros Island Region na bibili ang naturang ahensya ng nasa P16.2 million na halaga ng binhi ng palay para sa mga magsasakang apektado ng El Niño phenomenon sa naturang lugar. Ayon kay DA Regional Executive Director Renato Manantan, nagtutulungan aniya sila ngayon ng Office of the Provincial Agriculturist para sa validation ng pinsalang dulot ng matinding init sa agrikultura sa Negros Occidental. Samantala, napag-alamang una […]
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Cloud seeding operations sa Cebu at Bohol kasado na
QUEZON City, Philippines — Kasado na ang cloud seeding operations sa Cebu at Bohol para maibsan ang matinding epekto ng El Niño phenomenon. Pangungunahan ng Department of Agriculture (DA) ang pagkakaroon ng artificial rain matapos bumaba sa halos 50 porsyento ang supply ng agricultural products dahil sa matinding tagtuyot. Ayon sa Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, pumapalo na sa 200 million pesos ang kabuuang pinsala ng El Niño sa mga lalawigan ng Bohol […]
Unused El Niño funds total Php 52 B – KMP
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to Rafael Mariano, president of Kilusang Magsasakang Pilipino, the government’s unused funds amount to Php 52 billion. Said funds are from the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Mariano added that other than the unused funds, the government was also late in commencing cloud seeding as the rice crop was already severely affected by the drought. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video […]
Cloud seeding pushed to mitigate effects of El Niño
Two lawmakers are urging the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau on Soil and Water Management (BSWM) to conduct cloud seeding operations in Cagayan de Oro City, which is one of the areas heavily affected by El Niño. In House Resolution 2626, Reps. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City) and Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. (Party-list, ABAMIN) said as early as May 2015, the Cagayan de Oro City Disaster Risk Reduction and […]
Ilang ahensya ng gobyerno, nasermunan kaugnay ng pondo para sa mga apektado ng El Niño
(Eagle News) — Nasermunan sa pagdinig ng senado ang ilang mga opisyal ng gobyerno matapos matuklasang hindi ginamit ng naturang mga ahensya ang pondo para sa mga programang tutulong sa mga apektado ng El Niño. Sa consultation meeting ng Senate Committee on Finance, inamin ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na sa halos isang taon nang pananalasa ng El Niño, P30 million pa lang ang nailalabas para tulungan ang mga apektadong magsasaka. “Bakit kailangan matamaan ng […]
DA ensures positive agricultural production despite El Niño
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture is positive that the agricultural production of the country will only go down by a small percentage despite the El Niño. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala credited the support, help and right information given to farmers as the reason for the lesser damage. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/6qjsW-mnPtI
Be climate-conscious this summer, DENR urges public
QUEZON CITY, Mar, 24 – Environment Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje has called on the public to be climate-conscious and to use water more efficiently during the Holy Week and the rest of the summer season amid a strong El Niño phenomenon. “The prevailing heat nowadays should remind people that we are experiencing a longer and hotter dry season. This is aggravated by El Niño and will continue as long as we do not take […]
Youth urged to venture into farming
QUEZON CITY, Metro Manila (PIA) — “When I became the agri secretary in 2010, the average farmer age is 57 years old. But with the various interventions provided by the government—more specifically farm mechanization—there are more young farmers now,” Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said. The agri chief who recently led two farmers’ forum in CARAGA region, said, “The youth are encouraged to venture into farming with the realization that it’s now fun to farm.” […]
Poultry supply remains stable – DA
Despite the spread of the Newcastle disease, the Department of Agriculture assured the public that the poultry supply remains stable. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/gneXanUz-4s
DA: Newscastle Virus, ‘di nakakahawa sa tao
Walang dapat ikaalarma ang publiko sa napabalitang Newcastle Outbreak sa ilang lalawigan ng Luzon. Paliwanag ng Department of Agriculture (DA), “Hindi nakakahawa sa tao ang Newcastle disease na umaatake sa mga manok” Giit pa ng DA, hindi na rin daw nakakaabot sa merkado ang mga apektadong manok dahil ang mga tinamaan ng virus ay bumabaho at hindi na maibebenta.
DA asks for poultry travel ban
The Department of Agriculture asked the poultry industry to temporarily refrain from transporting live poultry in order to prevent the spread of a new bug known as the Newcastle disease. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/B81Drz3CEco
DA: P1.9 bilyon pinsala ng bagyong Nona sa agrikultura
Ayon sa Department of Agriculture, halos dalawang bilyong piso ang inabot na halaga ng pinsala dulot ng bagyong Nona sa sektor ng agrikultura sa bansa. Kasama sa matinding napinsala ay ang probinsya ng Pampanga, Tarlac, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bataan at Zambales. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Josiah Lorenzo)
