January 17, 2023
Dear FOI Receiving Officer,
Greetings!
Thank you for your request dated Jan 16, 2023 08:49:11 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.
Your Request
You asked for Agri-Tourism and Horticultural Development Hub in Iloilo.
Response to Request
Your FOI request is approved.
For queries on Design Guidelines, Requirements, Criteria, Rules, and Regulations in designing an agriculture trading and tourism, please refer to BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES ENGINEERING (BAFE).
BAFE is mandated to :
(a) Coordinate, oversee and monitor the national planning and implementation of agri- fisheries engineering, farm-to-market road and other agri-fisheries infrastructure projects;
(b) Assist in the national planning, coordination and implementation of the national agri- fisheries mechanization programs;
(c) Prepare, evaluate, validate and recommend engineering plans, designs and technical specifications on agri-fisheries mechanization and infrastructure projects;
(d) Oversee and provide technical assistance to the operations of the agricultural engineering divisions of the DA regional field units;
(e) Coordinate and integrate all agricultural and fisheries engineering activities of the DA bureaus, attached agencies and corporations;
(f) Coordinate and monitor the enforcement of standards and other regulatory policies on agricultural and fishery engineering;
(g) Implement accreditation and registration scheme for agriculture and fishery machinery, tools and equipment, in coordination with technology generators:
(h) Issue permits to operate to agriculture and fishery tools and equipment manufacturers, fabricators, assemblers and importers; and
(i) Promulgate and implement accreditation guidelines for testing centers.
You may reach BAFE at the following contact details:
Bureau of Agricultural and Fisheries Engineering
Sugar Center, Annex II Building Extension
North Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
[email protected]
(02)8351-8120
(02)8294-9741
Or
DA-BAFE’s Engineering Plans, Designs, and Specifications Division
Tel/fax +63 941 8151, +63 928
8741 to 61 ext 2470/2472
Email:
[email protected]
For queries on New Technologies and Machine recommended by DA for farming
https://www.buplant.da.gov.ph/index.php/guide/12684-hydrophonics
https://www.philmech.gov.ph/?page=technology-postharvest
Production Guides: https://www.buplant.da.gov.ph/index.php/guide
Coconut: https://pca.gov.ph/index.php/2-uncategorised/196-cocotech
We also attached the Planting Calendar of the following crops:
- Banana
- Rambutan
- Pineapple
- Coconut
- Onion
- Garlic
- Cabbage
- Eggplant
- Tomato
For more information, please contact DA Regional Field Office in Western Visayas at (33) 337-1262/336-4221/329-0956 or email them at
[email protected]
We would love to hear your thoughts or feedback on how we can improve your experience! Please fill-out our feedback form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchzbbITmW4FC76cwjGO8Hq7r4GPcaHU5IsmyflxtS2j7qDzg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Your right to request a review
If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to
[email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.
If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).
Thank you.
Respectfully,
AFID
FOI Receiving Office
