Department of Agriculture(DA)

May 18, 2023 Dear Ma. Blessie Aimee Chavarria, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated May 09, 2023 04:28:07 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Agritourism. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. This is to inform you that our office has already forwarded your request to the regional field office. Upon verification, it has already forwarded to the Field Operations and Engineering Divisions of Region 8, however, both units have yet to respond regarding the AgriTourism guidelines. This is also to inform you that your request on the agri crops in Borongan, calendar of crop planting in Borongan, and the possible site for agritourism in Borongan are not readily-available at the DA RFO 8 as the regional office handles data on the provincial scope. We advised you to visit the City Agriculture Office of Borongan to obtain those local data. In line with your request on number of farmers, may we refer you to accomplish our RSBSA Request Form for compiling of requests and for additional reminders that you might undertake. Please note that we can't provide the list due to consent form signed by farmers which indicates that the list will only be used as identification for various DA programs. However, what we can provide is statistical data or number of farmers registered per area. For verification if someone is already registered in RSBSA, kindly refer to https://finder-rsbsa.da.gov.ph/ For update, please contact Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) National Program Management Office Department of Agriculture - OSEC Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City (02) 8273-2402 We would love to hear your thoughts or feedback on how we can improve your experience! Please fill-out our feedback form: www.bit.ly/DAFOIFeedback 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