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A monthly publication of the Department of Agriculture

Lets regain RPs grandeurvia modern agri sector

President Benigno NoynoyAquino III swears into office Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala inMalacaan Palace, July 1, 2010. Proudly joining him in said historic moment are family members(from left): son-in-law Joseph Lucentales with grandson Jeff, youngest daughter Ivy Alcala, eldest daugh-

ter Ingrid Alcala-Lucentales, wife Corazon Alcala with grandson Josh, daughter-in-law Mimilanie withgrandson Theoden, and only son and Congressman-elect Irivin Alcala with grandson Thor.

With the immense challenge ofmanaging the countrys agricul-

ture and fishery sector put on his

shoulders by President Benigno

Aquino III, Agriculture Secretary-

designate Proceso J. Alcala

stressed the need for strong co-operation among DA family offi-

cials and staff to regain the

countrys grandeur through agri-

cultural modernization.

Alam ko pong napakalaking

numero ng ating mga

mamamayan ang umaasa sa

agrikultura. At alam ko kayo po

ay mas maalam sa akin, ang

mas nakakaalam ng mga

detalye, kaya pagsama-samahin

natin ito para sa lalong madaling

panahon ay maisakatuparan

natin ang pinapangarap ng atingPangulo at ng buong bansa na

ibalik natin ang ating bansa sa

kagalingan sa pamamagitan ng (Pls turn to p4)

Newly-insta lled Agriculture SeProceso J. Alcala (left) receives the D

flag from his predecessor Bernie Fondevilla, during simple turnovceremony at DA central office, Quezon City.

Inaatasan natin ang

papasok na Kalihim

Alcala na magtayo ng

mga trading centers

kung saan diretso naang magsasaka sa

mamimili - lalaktawan

na natin ang gitna,

kasama na ang

kotong cop.

Sa ganitong paraan,

ang dating napupunta

sa gitna ay maari

nang paghatian ng

magsasaka atmamimili.

agrikultura, said the new DAchief, who served as a two-term

Representative of the 2nd Dis-

trict of Quezon, during the turn-

over of DA leadership, July 5,

2010, in Quezon City.

He said food security will stillbe the number one priority of the

Aquino administration through

broad-based agricultural growth

and sustained development that

would pave the way to in-

creased rural incomes, reduced

incidence of poverty, and afford-

able food prices to benefit ev-

ery Filipino, especially the poor-

est sector.

A civil engineer by profession,

Sec. Alcala vowed to be more

responsive and sensitive to the

needs of the agriculture stake-holders, by mingling directly with

farmers and fishers to listen and

feel their respective concerns.

His first marching order to allDA family officials and staff is for

everyone to work conscien-

tiously to give back to the Fili-

pino people the trust they be-

stowed on President Noynoy

Aquino as well as the other lead-ers of the country.

He said he will prioritize fine-

tuning the Department so it

could truly uplift the rural sector

from poverty through sustained

agriculture development and

modernization.

Wiping off retrenchment or

displacement, he comforted the

DA employees, by saying:

Kung san po kayo nababagay,

doon ko po kayo dadalhin.

However, he warned DA offi-

cials and staff not to submit tohim incorrect reports and errone-

ous data, as he personally knows

Pres. Noynoy Aquino:

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Simple, transparent, hands-on

Editorial

Writers:Adora D. Rodriguez, Jo Anne Grace B. Pera, Arlhene S. Carro,

Mc. Bien Saint Garcia, Catherine Nanta

Contributors: DA-RFU Info Officers, Public Info Officers and Staff of DA

Bureaus, Attached Agencies & Corporations, Foreign-Assisted Projects

is published monthly by the Department of Agriculture

Information Service, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City. Tel. nos. 9288741loc 2148, 2150, 2155, 2156 or 2184; 9204080 or tel/fax 9280588. This issue isavailable in PDF file. For copies, please send requests via email:[email protected].

Editor-In-Chief: Noel O. Reyes

Associate Editors: Karenina Salazar & Cheryl C. Suarez

Photograhers: Jose Lucas, Alan Jay Jacalan, Alarico

Nuestro,& Kathrino Ressurrecion

Lay-out Artist: Bethzaida Bustamante

Printing &Circulation: Teresita Abejar & PCES Staff

Ito ang mga katangian ngating bagong-upong Kalihimng Kagawaran ng Pagsasaka,Proceso Procy J. Alcala, nanagbibigay-diin at tingkad samagiging direksyon ng

ahensya sa ilalim ngadministrasyong Aquino.Mula sa mga dating pinuno

na galing sa pamilya ngnegosyante at madalas nanakikitang naka-amerikana,ngayon simpleng manamit atmalumanay sa kanyangpananalita ang itinalagang DASecretary.

Hindi itinatatwa ni Sec.Alcala ang kanyang pagigingprobinsyano.

Suot ang payak na polo shirtat dilaw na relos, humarap siKalihim Procy sa mga kawaning Kagawaran noong Hulyo 5,dala ang mensahe na gawingtransparentat mas lalo pangisali ang magsasaka atmangingisda sa mga gawainng Kagawaran, upang lalongmapabilis ang paglago ng aniat kita sa agrikultura.

Samantalahin natin angpagtitiwala ng ating mgakababayan sa ating mahalna Pangulo.

Ibig niyang sabihin, gamitinang pagkakataong ito, kungsaan napakalaki ng tiwala at

suportang tinatamasa niPangulong Noynoy, upangmagpatupad ng mgakinakailangang pagbabago samga programa at patakaransa sektor ng sakahan atpangisdaan.

Ngunit sa likod ng pagigingsimple at mapagbiro, seryososi Sec. Procy sa kanyangbagong katungkulan.

Sa kasalukuyan, angpinakamalaking layunin niya ayang pagkamit ng sapat naproduksyon ng palay at suplayng bigas sa bansa sa taong2013.

Aniya, makakamit ang targetna ito kung mapapalawig angtaniman ng palay, o expansionng rainfed areas, uplands atmarshlands.

Pag-iigihin din angpagkukumpuni ng mgairigasyon, pagbibigay ngmakabagong binhi (certified athybrid rice seeds) kabilang naang mga fancy varieties,pagsasa-ayos at pagtatayo ngkaukulang imprastraktura atpagbibigay ng ayuda sa mgamagsasaka at mangingisda.

Mga bundok itong masasabina kailangang akyatin atlagpasan ni Sec. Procy.

Pero mukhang nakahanap nang katapat ang mga suliraningito.

Tulad ng paalala niya sa atingmga kawani: Ako po ay sanaysa field. Huwag po sanangmagsa-submit ng mga report nawalang katotohanan, sapagkatpersonally po umaahon po anginyong lingkod kahit sa bundok.

Mataas ang inaasahan sabagong administrasyon.

Naway pagtulungan ng bawatisa ang mga bumubuo saKagawaran, kasama ang ibapang mga katuwang para sakaunlaran ang katuparan ngpanata ng pagbabago at aksyonpara sa taumbayan, lalo na samga magsasaka atmangingisda.

Sabi nga ni P-Noy: Kayo angaking boss.

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Magandang umaga po.Ako po ay umaasa na kaya po

ako pinagkatiwalaan ng atingPangulong Benigno NoynoyAquino na mamahala sa isangnapakalaking ahensiya ay sa

kadahilanang nakita po niya sainyong abang lingkod na nasapuso po natin na makakatulongtayo sa kasalukuyangadministrasyon paramaramdaman ang pagbabago sabuhay ng ating mga mangingsdaat magsasaka.

Hindi nga po naming kaya itonggawin kung kami lamang anggagawa ngunit angdepartamento po ay malaki angmaitutulong kapag ang bawat isaay magbibigay ng tamangkoopersayon.

Ako po ay taong hindimapagpaniwala sa sabi-sabi.Kaya yun pong mga ilang tao namay sinasabi sa akin na ganitopo ng nakaraan, wag na po kayomag-aksaya ng ganung salita.

Im looking forward samaganda po natingpagsasamahan, sa mas mabilispo nating pagkilos para mabilisdin po nating masuklian angpagtitiwala ng ating mgakababayan sa ating mahal naPangulo. Palagay po ng inyong

abang lingkod, ito po muna yungmga mensahe na kailangan

makarating sa bawat empleyadong ating departamento.

Sana po ay magkaunawaan potayo na hindi po ako nandito naparang berdugo, tagpas ditotagpas dun. Ang akin pong

gagawin kung san po kayonababagay, dun po natin kayodadalahin, kaya lamang po akoay nagbibigay din ng warning,ako po ay datihan nangtrabahador.

Ako po ay sanay sa field wagpo sanang magsasubmit ng mgareport na walang katotohanan,sapagkat personally po umaahonpo ang inyong abang lingkodkahit sa bundok. Sana po ito poang ating pagsama-samahin atalam ko pong napakalaki pongnumero ng ating mamamayanang umaasa sa agrikultura.Alamna alam po niyo yan.

At alam ko din po na kayo poay mas maalam sa akin. Kayo poang mas nakakaalam ng mgadetalye kaya pagsama-samahinnatin ito para sa ganun sa lalongmadaling panahon,maisakatuparan po natin angpinapangarap po ng atingPangulo at ng buong bansa naibalik po natin ang ating bansa sakagalingan sa pamamagitan pong agrilkutura.

Sa inyo pong lahat, maramingmaraming salamat po.

Ipadama ang pagbabago sa buhayng mga magsasaka, mangingisda

(Sec Procy Alcala, Acceptance Speech, July 5, 2010)

Dialogue with Sugar Industry Stakeholders. Agriculture SecretaryProceso J. Alcala (above, center) stresses a point during a consul-tation with sugar industry stakeholders (below) small and bigsugarcane farmers, sugar millers, traders, and bioethanol produc-ers July 8, 2010 at the Department of Agriculture central officein Quezon City, where they discussed major concerns and issues.

Flanking him are DAs Sugar Regulatory Administrator BernardoTrebol (left) and DA Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano.


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Countryside Development Czars.Agriculture Secretary ProcesoAlcala (center) joins hand with Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgiliodelos Reyes (left) and Environment Secretary Ramon Paje as theycommit to synchronize and further strengthen their respective agen-cies efforts under the National Convergence Initiative (NCI) toprovide continued support, faster and more effective services forthe benefit of small farmers, fisherfolk, agrarian reform benefi-

ciaries, uplanders and indigenous peoples, and other ruralfolk.Under their watch, NCI will activate the Local Convergence Ini-

tiative working groups that will focus on developing ridge-to-reeflocal agribusiness zones.

Secretary Alcala receives promotional materials from former DAchief William Dar, who is currently director-general of the Inter-national Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics(ICRISAT), at a courtesy call . Dar congratulated Sec. Alcala and

offered support to pursue the agricultural thrusts and programunder President Noynoy Aquinos administration. In particular,

he cited possible cooperation between the DA and ICRISAT tofurther develop and make productive rainfed and upland areaswhere most of the poorest Filipino families reside. Joining them

are (from right): DA Chief of Staff Claron Alcantara, Asst. Sec.

Dennis Araullo and Dir. Vince Tejada of the DA-Bureau of Soilsand Water Management.

the agricultural landscape, and

feels the pulse and concerns of

farmers, fishers and ruralfolk.

The simple turn-over ceremony

formed part of the regular Mon-

day flag ceremony at the DA cen-

tral office, but this time it was at-

tended by almost all DA regional

directors, and head of bureaus

and attached agecnies and cor-

porations.

He was formally introduced to

them during his first command

conference or the DA national

management committee

(ManCom), at the adjacent DA-BSWM convention hall, where

each of the DA regional directors

briefed him on their respective

accomplishments and major con-

cerns.

Before the ManCom meeting,Sec. Alcala also held his first

press con or media briefing,sharing his initial thoughts or

agenda on major agriculture con-

cerns such as aiming for rice self-

sufficiency by 2013.Below are some of the high-

lights during the presscon:

On attaining rice self-suffi-

ciency by 2013 - he said within

the next three years, the DA will

continuously deliver appropriate

technical, infrastructure, market-

ing, credit and policy support, in

a sustained and timely manner;

use of hybrid and inbred variet-

ies will be pushed, as well as

the clustering of rice program

areas, involving farmers coop-

eratives and irrigators associa-

tions; new rice areas will be

explored to include idle farm-

lands, uplands and large tracts

of marshlands, particularly in

Mindanao; farmers in these ar-

eas will be given technical train-

ing, appropriate upland, saline-

tolerant or flood-tolerant rice

seed varieties, including fancy

varieties, if applicable; rice seed

producers will be provided withneeded support;

On palay procurement by

the National Food Authority - he

asked the agency to submit to

him an inventory that will serve

as a take-off point to review saidparticular intervention;

On palay prices - he saidfarmers should be paid fairly for

their hard work so they will be

persuaded to continue to plant

and expand rice production;and vital postharvest facilities

such as dryers and buying sta-

tions should be established in

strategic areas nationwide;

On NFA restructuring - a

massive overhaul of policies

to make the agency more finan-

cially stable and responsive to

farmers and peoples needs will

be pursued;

On sugar imports - he will

discuss the proposal with indus

try stakeholders and the solu-

tions thereto, before deciding

whether to push through with it;

On tight sugar supply - this

was caused by lower-than-ex-

pected sugarcane productionfor the current crop year 2009-

2010 due to the adverse effects

of the just-concluded El Nio

phenomenon;

On dole-outs - he said the

DA will veer away from provid-

ing them;

The DA will establish a con-

tact and feedback mechanism,

wherein the general public and

mediapersons could relay their

questions and concerns on ma-

jor issues and DA policies/pro-

grams; All appointments within DA,

bureaus and attached agencies,

are being reviewed;

On land conversion and land

utilization, the DA will establish

a computerized land use map as

tool to aid Filipino and foreign

investors make informed deci-

sions in identifying available and

idle land resources for agricul-

ture and fishery production, food

processing and other

agribusiness enterprises, as

well as agri-tourism ventures; The DA will support and pur

sue the creation of agro-indus-

trial estates that will create rural

jobs and provide income oppor-

tunities to host communities.

Revenues generated by said

estates should be used by LGUs

to preferably to finance the agri-

cultural development and mod-

ernization projects;

On extension and education

of farmers and fishers - the Lo-cal Government Code should bereviewed, as some LGUs havediffering priorities, and agricul-tural development and modern-ization is not always on top oftheir agenda. In fact, he said hisson, Rep. Irvin Alcala (2nd Dis-trict, Quezon) will file a bill this15th Congress that aims to bringback extension workers underthe care of the DA;

The DA will continue to fundthe construction of farm-to-mar-ket roads (FMRs), but will estab-lish a system to check the effi-

cient use of funds and other re-sources;

On biofuels program, the DAwill pursue a balancing act be-tween food and biofuel produc-tion using crops such as corn,

sugarcane, coconut, sweet sor-ghum and other biofuel feed-stocks; and

While he promotes organicagriculture, traditional farmingand organic farming will receive

equal support in terms of fund-ing and promotion.

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