Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, November 14 (PIA) -- Gipahigayon karon ang ikaduhang  Bohol Organic Agriculture Festiva l nga gibuksan niadtong Nobyembre 13, diin gisalmotan kini sa 17 ka  organic agriculture farming practitioners  gikan sa humay, utanon, prutas, fruit  tree seedlings, cacao, herbs, mushroom , ug uban pa. Ang presidente sa Kapunungan sa  Bol-anong Organikong Mag-uuma (KaBoOM)  nga si Marilou Escalona ang ​ miabi-abi sa mga exhibitors ug organic agriculture stakeholders atol sa pagbukas niadtong Lunes sa  Bohol Showcase Center  sa syudad sa Tagbilaran. “Our goal is for all Boholanos to plant their own vegetables and to produce their own food  (Ang atong tumong mao ang tanang Boholanos nga mananom og kaugalingong mga utanon ug makaprodyus sa ilang kaugalingong pagkaon),” matod pa ni Escalona sa kalihukan sa  organic agriculture  nga mitubo ngadto sa 200 ka miyembro sukad sa pagsugod niini niadtong tuig 2014. Atol sa ma...

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture Region 7 (DA-7) through the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) has embarked on a radio-based distance learning program to reach at least 2,500 rice farmers in the region. The School-On-the-Air (SOA) for Smart Rice Agriculture (SRA) is the government’s response to mitigate the effects of a possible strong El Niño which the country’s weather bureau has forecast to hit the country by August and last until the first quarter of 2024. “The idea of science-based agricultural modernization found a strong foothold during DA Secretary William Dar’s term, who believed that modernization is propelled by technical innovations, and scaling these cutting edge technologies to the critical mass of farmers especially in regions where the harvest yield is still below 4 tons per hectare. Radio broadcasting apparently is, by far, the most effective,” explained ATI Information Officer Doris Isabel Racho. Set to be aired in rice-...