To make accessible to Agusan rice farmers the appropriate rice production and postharvest machinery and equipment the Department of Agriculture (DA)- Philippine Center for Postharvest Development & Mechanization (PhilMech) granted a total of ₱ 42.38 million worth of rice mechanization under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Mechanization Component. DA-Caraga Regional Executive Director Abel James I. continue reading : Agusan Norte Farmers Acquire ₱42.38 Million Rice Mechanization Equipment

Leaning towards development for the ancestral domains of the Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) / Indigenous Peoples (IPs), the Department of Agriculture – Caraga through the Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng KababayangKatutubo (4K), mobilizes its efforts in creating a livelihood and agricultural productivity program that will touch into four (4) components such as Social Preparation, Production and continue reading : BRIDGING KNOWLEDGE, CLOSING THE GAP: IPs IN AGRICULTURE

The amendment of the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 (RA 10068) is one of the significant milestones in the development of organic agriculture in the Philippines. Small organic farmers in the Caraga region seem relieved that the wait is over. Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) is now recognized as an alternative scheme to make certification of continue reading : Participatory Guarantee System brings credibility to Small Organic Farmers

Monitoring ensures effectiveness. This is how the Department of Agriculture – Caraga Regional Executive Director Abel James I. Monteagudo emphasized during his visit to the farmer-partners of the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program in Bislig, City, Surigao del Sur.  As the DA-SAAD Program enters its enterprise management phase, sustained visits and monitoring in continue reading : DA-SAAD gears up for 2021, allots ₱58.3M for operations

The Department of Agriculture-Caraga Rice Program allocated P161 Million of agriculture interventions to rice farmers for CY 2021. DA-Caraga OIC-Regional Technical Director for Operations Rebecca R. Atega said that the bulk of intervention for this year is dedicated to the non-Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) provinces – Surigao del Norte & Province of Dinagat Islands. continue reading : DA Rice Program Allots ₱161M Intervention to Caraga Farmers