The smell of fresh coffee beans is in the air in Caraga as the construction of the Green Coffee Bean Processing Facility in Casiklan, Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte is bound to start. All thanks to the approval of the Higaonon tribe during the Free and Prior Informed Consent (FCIP) meeting facilitated by the National continue reading : Higaonons’ yes pushes green coffee bean facility construction

Fertilizer distribution to rice farmers resumes in the Caraga region starting April 19 – May 30, 2021. This is under the Department of Agriculture (DA) Rice Resiliency Project (RRP) II with the remaining allocation of ₱105.75 million will be distributed to the remaining 68,560 farmer- recipients in the region. To ensure systematic and more efficient continue reading : Releasing of Fertilizer Support Continues in Caraga

A fitting finale to a significant celebration! To cap the week-long celebration of the 1st High-Value Crops Week, the Department of Agriculture – Caraga turned over 23 trays of assorted lowland vegetable seedlings to Brgy. Fort Poyohon on Friday, April 16. DA-Caraga Regional Technical Director Rebecca R. Atega said that the activity is also a follow-through continue reading : Seedlings Turn-Over Caps the 1st HVC Week Celebration

Dreams become a reality when intentions turn into action. And with this in mind, the members of the Nasipit Cacao Farmers Ventures Association, Incorporated (NACAFAVA) are working hard to make their dream of making their hometown Nasipit of Agusan del Norte a Chocolate City, a reality. It was way back 2016 when cacao growers in continue reading : Chocolate City on the Rise in Agusan del Norte

To assure the establishment of a cassava market, the Department of Agriculture-Caraga (DA) through the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) updated the marketing agreement between the A&M Multi-purpose cooperative (A&M) in Dinagat Islands and Fatima Multi-purpose Cooperative (FMPC) in Leyte.  The marketing agreement crafted during the DA-PRDP planning stated that A&M can potentially supply cassava continue reading : DA-PRDP guarantees A&M cassava farmers sales through a marketing agreement

They say that to succeed in any field, continuous education is a must. And this is what Bruno G. Ampoloquio, a farmer from Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, must have bore in his mind as even though he holds a degree in agriculture and has already a number of years of experience in farming, he still continue reading : Improved Technology for Increased Productivity

Be counted and be part of the agricultural development. The Department of Agriculture-Caraga is continually waving its campaign on the national lists of qualified farmers and fisherfolks to avail various government agri-fisheries projects through the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA). Hazel Colinares, Regional Focal Person of RSBSA of DA-Caraga said that as continue reading : DA-Caraga Wages Campaign on RSBSA Registration