DA-MIMAROPA opens partnership between a local vegetable farmers’ association in El Nido and a prominent business group

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Written by Denice Joelle Benosa
Published: 23 November 2018

Signing of the Memorandum of Agreement for the Php 250,000 seed money loan grantedby the Ayala Multi-purpose Cooperative (AMPC) toAsosasyon ng mga Magsasaka at Mangingisda ng Munisipyo ng El Nido, Palawan, Inc. (AMMMEPI). (L-R) Dr. Louella Rowena Lorenzana, Regional Technical Director for Research and Regulations, DA-MIMAROPA (signs as witness); Lourdes Orosa, General Manager, AMPC; Bobby Belinario, President, AMMEPI; Virginia Balderas , Mun. Agriculture Officer, El Nido, Palawan (signs as witness); and Chiara Cruza, General Manager, Ayala Foundation, Inc. (signs as witness).###Denice Joelle Benosa, RAFIS, DA-MIMAROPA

To revive the agriculture industry in El Nido, Palawan, Department of Agriculture-MIMAROPA (DA-MIMAROPA) and the Ayala Foundation, Inc. (AFI) formed a project inspired by DA's Corporate Rice Farming Program (CRFP) spearheaded by Atty. Francisco Villano, Jr., DA Undersecretary for Admin and Finance.

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DA’s exhibitors earns Php 100-K at the 4th MIMAROPA Naturally

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Written by Denice Joelle Benosa
Published: 26 October 2018

IMG 2000Exhibitors prepare their fresh produce and by-products inside the Department of Agriculture booth.

Department of Agriculture-MIMAROPA (DA-MIMAROPA) brought 11 exhibitors composed of farmers’ cooperatives and a start-up business from Oriental and Occidental Mindoro at the 4th MIMAROPA Naturally. The exhibitors earned a total of Php 189, 362.

MIMAROPA Naturally is an agri-trade and tourism fair that exhibits different food and non-food products and tourist destinations of the region. It was a five day event from October 17-21, 2018 held at the Megatrade Halls of SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City.

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RPAB MIMAROPA approves the longest FMR project in the region

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Written by Bernadeth Z. Respicio
Published: 26 October 2018

Dumaran Mayor extends his gratitude toPRDPDumaran Municipal Mayor Medwin Pablico extends his gratitude to the RPAB members for the approval of the “Construction and Upgrading of Junction Salban – Culasian – Magsaysay FMR”. (Photo by Paulo Emmanuel Ajose, DA-PRDP MIMAROPA RPCO InfoACE Unit)

After thorough deliberation, the Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) approved the longest farm-to-market road (FMR) in the region during the RPAB meeting held at Fersal Hotel, Puerto Princesa City.

The “Construction and Upgrading of Junction Salban – Culasian – Magsaysay FMR” in Dumaran, Palawan has a total span of 17.166 kilometers, five meter carriage way all throughout, 1.5 meter shoulders, and one meter ditch canal on both sides.

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