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“Yamang Lupa” paper adjudged outstanding development study at RDE Symposium
The 3rd joint Visayas Consortium for Agriculture, Aquatic & Natural Resources Program – Regional Research and Development/Extension Network (ViCARP-RRDEN) RDE Symposium & 1st Regional Philippine Association of Research Managers (PhilARM) Convention was held at RDE Hall, Visayas State University (VSU), Visca, Baybay City on November 26-27, 2019.
RPAB endorses three I-BUILD subprojects for PRDP funding
It’s a thumbs up from the Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) of the Philippine Rural Development Project Regional Project Coordination Office 8 (PRDP RPCO 8) for the three I-BUILD subprojects. This was the unanimous decision reached during the RPAB Review held on November 21, 2019 at the PRDP Conference Room.
LBPTE expanded a father’s opportunities to sustain family needs
Adriano Dacurin, 36 has been farming for 10 years and continues to expand his farm through the help of the Leyte Banana Production and Trading Enterprise (LBPTE).
World Bank Country Director visits two PRDP subprojects in Region 8
In his short visit to the Philippines, Benoit Bosquet, Regional Director for Sustainable Development, together with nine others from World Bank got to see two of the implemented subprojects of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) in Eastern Visayas on November 9, 2019.
DA-8 assists coffee farmers, gives coffee processing equipment
The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 8 (DA-RFO 8) has turned over to a farmer’s association here Wednesday, November 6, a building and several equipment for churning locally-harvested coffee beans into high-quality powder good for brewing.
FEATURE ARTICLES
From learner to preacher: Albert Tampus advocates the use of Bio Gas Digester
“I am happy to share what I know. I will be happier to see more farmers like me having better lives with reduced expenses and saving the world mitigate pollution,” Albert Tampus, 52, said.
Hybrid Rice Farmer in Leyte Rises
Born and raised in the rural area of Barangay Cabangkalan, Sta. Fe, Leyte and getting to grips with manual and conventional rice production was initially a “toxic job” for 49-year old Lorenzo C. Caca, Jr.
Nature’s twist of events has it that five (5) years after super typhoon Yolanda’s fatal giant waves wreaked havoc in Brgy. San Antonio, Basey, Samar, it is now the farmers’ turn to make waves in backyard livestock production.
Qualities of a Good SAAD Farmer’s Association
Since September 2018, the Regional Program Management Support Office (RPMSO) 8 has undertaken the status monitoring of different interventions provided to farmer-beneficiaries. During these field visits, the Monitoring Team has cursorily but keenly observed certain attributes of associations situated in SAAD-covered areas in Region 8 that, when taken together, would ideally make them stand out above the rest.
Nothing beats a mother’s motivation than her family’s welfare. It is of paramount importance that the basic needs of her family, such as food, clothing, shelter, and education of the children, are met, even if it means sacrificing some of her comforts.
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