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The Department of Agriculture (DA-7)-Central Visayas is now focused on improving the livestock industry of Negros Oriental by enhancing the San Jose Breeding Station at Barangay Janay-Janay in San Jose town as a satellite research outreach station (ROS) of Negros Oriental Research and Development Center (NORDC) of DA-Region 7 to cater to the livestock and other agricultural needs of the farmers in the province.
DA-7 regional director Atty. Salvador Diputado in his recent visit at the breeding station, he found the area productive and functional that the center aside from being a livestock breeding station, is now a diversified ROS with the establishment of other crops production areas like cacao and coffee.
The Department of Agriculture in Region 7 turned over 30 upgraded heifer or female cows to farmers in three municipalities of Negros Oriental. The female
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 17 The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), turned over to the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) P1 billion as additional funding for emergency loans to small farmers and fisherfolk.
In a virtual ceremony held on December 15, 2020, Agriculture Secretary and DA-ACPC Chair William Dar turned over to LANDBANK, represented by its President and CEO Cecilia Borromeo, the new funds for the Expanded SURE Aid and Recovery Project or SURE COVID-19, which is funded under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Republic Act 11494.
The SURE COVID-19 loan window is part of the DA’s Plant, Plant, Plant Program or the Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) Kontra COVID-19 Program that aims to increase the country’s food adequacy level.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 16) The Department of Agriculture added more funds for its ₱2.5-billion emergency loan facility aimed at helping small farmers and fisherfolk recover amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement, the DA, through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council, turned over ₱1 billion to the Land Bank of the Philippines as additional fund for its Expanded SURE-Aid and Recover Project, or SURE COVID-19. This was funded by the budget granted under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act.
Agriculture Secretary William Dar said aside from helping in the country’s economic recovery, the goal of the program is to ensure that “we have enough food during the pandemic, and in order to survive and reboot Philippine Agriculture.”