Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture

Building farming and fishing communities, livelihoods, and enterprises resilient to economic and climate shocks.

By RFO5 Correspondent, Sandy Bobbier  Pili, Camarines Sur — DA RFO 5 AMIA Team conducted the AMIA 2+ Presentation of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) Reports and AMIA 3 Project Inception Meeting (Mainstreaming and Sustaining Capacities on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Agriculture and Fishery Sectors in Camarines Sur) last Aug. 2, 2018, at Capitol continue reading : [RFO5] Participatory Rural Appraisal Reports Conducted in Pili, Camarines Sur

Sta. Victoria, Lucban, Isabela — The on-going construction of the first-ever AMIA Organic Greenhouse. This will also serve as the nursery for cacao and coffee seedlings and production of vegetable seedlings located at Santa Victoria, Ilagan City, Isabela. The Barangay Local Government Unit of Santa Victoria enacted the Barangay Ordinances to support the Greenhouse project. continue reading : [RFO2] Santa Victoria starts building their first AMIA Organic Greenhouse

Benito Soliven, Lucban, Isabela — The dragon fruit production in Lucban AMIA Village is now in its flowering stage from the last monitoring on July 30, 2018. There are about 400 plants where 30% of it already blooms lovely flowers in the plantation that spans about 5,000 square meters. The dragon fruit plantation was established continue reading : [RFO2] Dragon Fruit Production in Lucban starts to bloom

Benito Soliven, Lucban – Tilapias are now ready to be harvested starting today. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional Office 2 (BFAR RFO 2) particularly Isabela Provincial Fishery Office (PFO) will spearhead the Harvest Field Day on August 10, 2018. Mr. Emerson Tattao is the Provincial Fishery Officer of Isabela who initiated the establishment continue reading : [RFO2] Project Visit at AMIA Villa Lucban in preparation of their field day for the SWIP-Based Tilapia Production

Banate, Iloilo – In order to capacitate and enhance their skills acquired during the training and series of monitoring and individual assessment, AMIA Village Farmer-beneficiaries of Babuyang Walang Amoy and Native Pig Production Technology conducted benchmarking activities in the farms of Ms. Lea Deala (Regional Search for Outstanding Rural Women Winner 2016) at Deala’s Integrated continue reading : [RFO6] Capacity-Building activities for Babuyang Walang Amoy and Native Pig Production Technology conducted in Banate, Iloilo