LOOK: 1st Quarter Meeting of Regional Coordinators and Report Officers of DA CALABARZON held on March 28 – 29, 2019 at El Cielito Hotel in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna

Kabilang ang Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka Rehiyon 4-CALABARZON sa mahigit 800 kawani ng iba’t ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan sa rehiyon na nakiisa sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Kababaihan na may temang, “We Make Change Work for Women” na ginanap sa Batangas Provincial Auditorium, lungsod ng Batangas noong Marso 28, 2019. Ang nasabing okasyon ay pinangunahan ng – continue reading

DA conducts orientation on the Price Act among regional field offices The Department of Agriculture (DA) through its Agribusiness Industry Support Division (AISD) conducted a series of orientation on Republic Act No. 7581 or the Price Act, as amended among Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Divisions of the Regional Offices of the Department. For its fifth – continue reading

The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region IV-CALABARZON through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) conducted an agribusiness investment forum on mango for some of the industry’s stakeholders, held in Tagaytay City, Cavite on March 25 – 26, 2019. These participants were composed of 11 mango growers of Dasmariñas Farmers’ Association and Rizal Mango Growers’ – continue reading

More agri-entrepreneurs in the region were given an opportunity to learn the essentials of developing their enterprise through a three-day (March 20 – 22, 2019) seminar of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region IV-CALABARZON. The seminar which was facilitated by the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) was held in Lucena City, Quezon. This seminar – continue reading

To ensure the success of the Regional Gawad Saka (RGS) Search for this year, the Regional Secretariat for the said search conducted a meeting with the Provincial Agriculturists, Provincial Veterinarians, and Gawad Saka Provincial Focal Persons; and Agricultural Program Coordinating Officers (APCOs) and Banner Program Coordinators of the Department of Agriculture Region IV-CALABARZON on March – continue reading

Nine agribusinesses with their representatives were trained on how to prepare a business plan through a workshop-seminar conducted by Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) CALABARZON on March 12 – 15, 2019 in Lucena City, Quezon. These agricultural firms were participants of Agribusiness Support for Promotion and Investment in – continue reading

LOOK: As part of the celebration of the National Women’s Month with the theme, “We make change work for women,” the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. IV-CALABARZON treats its women and even men employees with free wellness services on March 18, 2019 at the regional office in Quezon City.

ICYMI: The Regional Management Committee of the Department of Agriculture Region IV-CALABARZON conducts its 1st quarter meeting on March 15, 2019 at Bureau of Plant Industry-NCRDPSC in Los Baños, Laguna.

Sa adhikaing mapataas ang kanilang produksyon ng mais at makabuo ng isang matatag na asosasyon, binisita ng mga magsasaka mula sa bayan ng Magdalena ang mga miyembro ng Calamba Upland Farmers’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CUFAMCO) sa siyudad ng Calamba upang malaman ang mga makabagong teknolohiya na kanilang ginagamit sa larangan ng pagmamaisan. Ito ay naisagawa sa – continue reading

The Research and Development (R&D) Division conducted a five-day training-writeshop on research proposal preparation on March 11-15, 2019 at STIARC Training Hall in Lipa City. The activity aims to capacitate both contractual and permanent researchers from four research stations of the Department of Agriculture CALABARZON — Cavite, Lipa, Rizal, and Quezon Agricultural Research and Experiment – continue reading

Upang higit na mapaganda o maisaayos ang sistema ng pag-uulat ng mga Agricultural Extension Worker (AEWs) ng Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka Rehiyon 4-CALABARZON, nagkaroon ng pagsasanay tungkol sa tamang pangangalap ng impormasyon at sistema ng pag-uulat na ginanap sa Sta. Cruz, Laguna noong Marso 13 – 15, 2019. Sa pagbubukas ng palatuntunan, ipinaliwanag ni Dennis R. – continue reading

Upang mas maging maayos at mabilis ang pagbibigay ng impormasyon tungkol sa pagpapautang ng Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka sa rehiyon ng CALABARZON, binuo sa pangunguna ni Regional Director Arnel V. de Mesa noong Marso 12, 2019 ang Regional Loan Facilitation Team (LoFT), kasabay ng oryentasyon tungkol sa iba’t ibang paraan ng paghiram ng pera sa Agricultural – continue reading

Nakiisa ang Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka Rehiyon Bilang 4-CALABARZON (DA CALABARZON) sa pagpupulong at pagdiriwang ng “Rabies Awareness Month of CALABARZON” na may temang “Makiisa sa Baranggayan Kontra Rabies, Maging Responsableng Pet Owner” na ginanap sa San Pablo City Hall, Laguna noong Marso 8, 2019. Dinaluhan ito ng mga panlalawigang beterinaryo at ilang panlungsod at pambayang – continue reading

Another batch of owners and drivers of 10 trucking companies from CALABARZON attended an orientation on Food Lane Project conducted by the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) CALABARZON on March 7, 2019 at Diliman, Quezon City. The orientation is a collaborative effort between and among the DA, Philippine – continue reading

More farmer-producers’ organizations and/or cooperatives of Batangas province have given the opportunity to improve their marketing of cassava produce and extend its reach through a market matching activity of Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) CALABARZON, conducted on March 6, 2019 at Southern Tagalog Integrated Agricultural Research Center (STIARC) – continue reading

Recirculating Corn Mobile Grain Dryer para sa CALABARZON “Isa na namang recirculating corn mobile grain dryer para sa CALABARZON ang maaari nang gamitin ng mga taga-Quezon bilang paghahanda sa darating na panahon ng tag-ulan.” Ito ang pahayag ni Avelita M. Rosales, Coordinator ng Regional Corn Program at kasalukuyang Superintendent ng Lipa Agricultural Research and Experiment – continue reading

Improving and strengthening research capacity of the DA RFO R&D network for rice-based farming system With the aim of capacitating the regional field offices’ (RFOs) personnel of the Department of Agriculture (DA) improve and strengthen their research, development, and extension (RDE) programs, projects, and activities, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) conducted the workshop on – continue reading

ICYMI: Luzon B Cluster composing of representatives from CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, Region V attended a consultation on the IRR of newly enacted RA 11203 or Rice Tariffication and Liberalization law held at Southern Tagalog Integrated Agricultural Research Center (STIARC), Lipa City, Batangas on February 27,2019. The public consultation is being conducted to make the people aware – continue reading

In pursuit of ISO certification, the divisions chiefs and section heads of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. IV-CALABARZON undergone another round of workshop on February 26-27, 2019 at the STIARC, Lipa City, Batangas. The said workshop aims to enable the participants to understand and address the documented information to be maintained for – continue reading

Lumban farmers receive solar-powered irrigation system Members of Wawa Ibayo Barangay Agricultural and Fishery Council (BAFC) in Lumban, Laguna are no longer using expensive batteries but solar power, and worry no more about the cost of irrigating their farmlands as they are now using an irrigation system that pumps up 64 liters of water per – continue reading

The Department of Agriculture (DA) Region IV-CALABARZON officials led by Regional Director Arnel V. de Mesa attended the turn-over ceremony of the PhP1,810,000.00 worth of coffee processing facility to Pinagdanlayan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MPC) in Dolores, Quezon on February 15, 2019. The construction of the said facility was completed in 2018 and is equipped with coffee – continue reading