Pro-active cloud seeding op’ns to save crops, replenish dams

Rice planted by farmers who risked planting in the dry cropping season despite starting late in December and January 2024, as well as rainfed areas and those not served by the irrigation systems can still be saved, if cloud seeding operations could be initiated soon. 

DA-ATI to mitigate El Niño with radio-based SRA SOA

In the upcoming threat of a long dry spell expected to hit the region in August, the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Agricultural Training Institute (DA) embarks on a radio based distance learning program to get to at least 2,500 rice farmers into climate smart agriculture and rice production, in July.