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Local coffee farmers gain insights, knowledge during coffee forum

by Ericson Guiao, PSO North Luzon InfoACE Baguio City – DA-PRDP-assisted Farmers’ Cooperatives and Associations (FCAs) and local coffee farmers from across North Luzon gained insights and additional knowledge into improving the quality and market potential of their beans during the coffee forum held at the tail end of the North Luzon Cluster Coffee Cupping … read more »

North Luzon’s best coffee beans recognized in first clusterwide coffee quality competition

by Ericson Guiao, PSO North Luzon InfoACE The best coffee beans in North Luzon were recognized during the awarding ceremony of the first North Luzon Cluster Coffee Cupping Quality Competition for Arabica and Robusta of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) North Luzon on April 30, 2025 in Baguio City. The winning coffee entries for … read more »

Milking success: Nueva Ecija carabao dairy co-op lands P89M enterprise

by Ram Bill G. Bautista, RPCO3 InfoACE A step closer to the upgrading of their carabao dairy processing facility, the Eastern Primary Muti-purpose Cooperative (PMPC) from San Jose City, Nueva Ecija has secured the approval of an Php89-million processing facility from the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Central Luzon Regional Project … read more »

Green light for progress: Php110M Bulacan FMR secures PRDP Central Luzon approval

by Ram Bill G. Bautista, RPCO3 InfoACE The proposed Php110-million improvement of the Gabihan-Basuit-Sapang Putik farm-to-market road (FMR) in San Ildefonso, Bulacan has received the green light from the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Central Luzon Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB). The approval was granted during the deliberation meeting held on … read more »

Nueva Ecija unveils Php216M onion cold storage

by Ram Bill G. Bautista, RPCO3 InfoACE The province of Nueva Ecija marked a significant milestone in agricultural development with the unveiling of a Php216-million onion cold storage facility on April 30, 2025, at the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) Compound, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. The subproject, funded under the Department of Agriculture … read more »

PRDP RPCO2 I-REAP convenes stakeholders, strengthens partnership

by Mayrich T. Soriano, RPCO2 InfoACE The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project Regional Project Coordination Office 2 (DA-PRDP RPCO 2) I-REAP Component, in partnership with various government agencies/bureau, successfully wrapped up a three-day seminar on strengthening the I-REAP stakeholders on May 6-8, 2025 at DA MPCI Conference Hall, San Gabriel, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.  The … read more »

Ilocos region takes next step in crafting regional agri-fishery investment portfolio

by Joan D. Dapidap, RPCO1 InfoACE The Philippine Rural Development Project Regional Project Coordination Office 1 (PRDP-RPCO1) takes the next step in crafting the Regional Agri-fishery Investment Portfolio (RAFIP) for the Ilocos Region in a three-day workshop held in Baguio City on April 28-30, 2025. The RAFIP’s contents were identified and drafted based on inputs … read more »

Farmers’ co-ops in La Union hone foundation in values formation, organization strengthening training

by Joan D. Dapidap, RPCO1 InfoACE Two farmers’ co-ops from the province of La Union—Pal-lim Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MPC) (Bauang) and San Fermin Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries MPC (Caba)—recently completed a three-day training on values formation and organizational strengthening last week in the City of San Fernando. This training aims to equip the members of the co-ops … read more »

PRDP turns over largest, modern fish landing in Bataan

by Ram Bill G. Bautista, RPCO3 InfoACE The Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) officially turned over the Php184-million Orani Fish Landing and Trading Facility in Brgy. Pantalan Bago, Orani, Bataan on April 29. The ceremony was led by DA Assistant Secretary for Operations and PRDP National Project DIrector U-Nichols Manalo and … read more »

Cordillera RPAB approves Php441-M infra project for DA-PRDP Scale-Up

by Elvy T. Estacio, RPCOCAR InfoACE Baguio City — The Cordillera Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) has approved infrastructure subprojects totaling Php441 million for funding under the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) Scale-Up in a meeting held today, May 7, 2025. In her message, DA CAR Regional Executive Director and RPAB … read more »