Under a steady partnership between the Philippines and Korea, the Mech Now Davao 2023 formally opened at the Southern Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Laboratory of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) in Manambulan, Davao City recently. With the theme, “Farms of Tomorrow: Advancing Agriculture through Technology,” the two-day event promoted agricultural mechanization and advancement in the […]
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Twenty-one schools located across the country will serve as venues to teach farmer-trainors about farm mechanization and inbred seeds production. During the hearing of the Committee on Agriculture and Food, Senator Cynthia Villar identified the 21 schools where farmers can avail of free training courses on rice crop production, modern rice farming techniques, inbred seed […]
Rice farmers in each of the 947 rice-producing towns in the Philippines will benefit from P5 million worth of farm equipment and machinery under thelae creating the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), said Senator Cynthia Villar. Villar, chairperson of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, said there is a P5 billion allocation for the […]
Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, is urging the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (Philmech) to upscale support to farmers by providing them farm machinery. “Mechanization is vital in empowering farmers amid liberalization in agriculture.” Villar, the keynote speaker during the Philmech’s 41st anniversary celebration in […]
Reelected Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, is urging the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (Philmech) to upscale support to farmers by providing them farm machinery. Villar, the keynote speaker during the Philmech’s 41st anniversary celebration in the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, said mechanization is […]