DA to beef up extension support, education, training services to rice farmers
View/ Open
Request this article
Date
Metadata
Show full item recordClassification code
PN20150106_B2Excerpt
Focused on achieving increased food security and higher rural income, the Department of Agriculture said that it intends to further empower Filipino rice farmers through wider and better extension support, education and training services. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala in a statement said the DA will establish more farmers' field schools and also plans to hold technology demonstrations in more sites nationwide. Farmers will also gain more knowledge through field days, expository tours and technology briefings, he added.
Citation
DA to beef up extension support, education, training services to rice farmers. (2015, January 6). Panay News, p. B2.
Subject
Agriculture; Education; Training; Food security; Rural development; Extension activities; Television systems; Radio; Internet; Audiovisual materials; Governments; Financing; Financial institutions; Financial management; Irrigation; Mechanization; Post harvest losses; Economics; Department of Agriculture (DA); LandBank of the Philippines; Alcala, Proceso
Collections
- Panay News [1453]