BFAR - Enhanced Philippine Seaweed Development Program

BFAR - Enhanced Philippine Seaweed Development Program Enhance the services for a more responsible, resilient, competitive, and a sustainable seaweed sector

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ | ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—™๐——๐—˜๐—–/๐—”๐—ค๐—— ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—™๐——๐—˜๐—–/๐—”๐—ค๐—— distributed 2.16 t...
29/05/2026

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ | ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—™๐——๐—˜๐—–/๐—”๐—ค๐—— ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€

๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—”๐—™๐——๐—˜๐—–/๐—”๐—ค๐—— distributed 2.16 tons of tissue-cultured Kappaphycus alvarezii (โ€œgusoโ€ or โ€œtambalangโ€) seaweed seedlings to coastal communities in Northern Iloilo on May 6 and 12 to support sustainable seaweed farming and strengthen local livelihoods. Beneficiaries from the municipalities of Concepcion, Ajuy, and San Dionisio received the planting materials cultivated in Pandan, Antique using tissue-cultured plantlets developed by the Seaweed Laboratory in Tigbauan, Iloilo.

The municipalities of Concepcion, Ajuy, and San Dionisio were among the recipients of the seaweed seedlings distribution. Concepcion received 850 kilograms for 85 beneficiaries from five barangays, while Ajuy received 200 kilograms for 23 farmers from two barangays. San Dionisio obtained the largest allocation of 1.11 tons, distributed to 139 members from five seaweed growersโ€™ associations. Tissue-cultured seaweeds are known to be more robust and faster growing compared to older propagated stocks, contributing to improved production and livelihood opportunities for coastal communities.

The activity was implemented through the project โ€œSeaweed Production Using Tissue-Cultured Kappaphycus alvarezii Plantlets in Pandan, Antiqueโ€ in collaboration with the local government of Pandan, the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist of Iloilo, and DA-BFAR Region 6. SEAFDEC/AQD reaffirmed its commitment to promoting science-based aquaculture technologies and supporting sustainable seaweed farming initiatives for coastal communities.

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๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌIn recognizing the crucial contri...
24/05/2026

๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”: ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ

In recognizing the crucial contributions of our farmers and fisherfolk to the nationโ€™s food security and sustainability. the ๐๐…๐€๐‘-๐„๐ง๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ participated in the Farmers and Fisherfolk Month 2026 with the theme โ€œ๐๐š๐ ๐›๐ข๐›๐ข๐ ๐š๐ฒ-๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š ๐ฌ๐š ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ค๐šโ€™๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐š ๐ฌ๐š ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐š ๐ง๐  ๐‡๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐Š๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌโ€. This activity showcases the various value-added products developed and produced by farmers and fisherfolk to promote local enterprises, enhance market opportunities, and highlight the innovation and sustainability of the agriculture and fisheries sectors.

The ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฎ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ (BFAR) ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐— featured seaweed-based products such as ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ง, ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ณ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ, and ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, produced by the ๐“๐ข๐ ๐›๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง and the ๐‹๐š๐›๐ฎ๐ฒ๐จ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (LAWILA). ]๐๐…๐€๐‘ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐Ž๐๐€ (๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐•-๐) presented ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง and ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ -๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  through the ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐›๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐š๐ง ๐€๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž. The ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (NSTDC) likewise showcased ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง produced by the Grand Hive, while ๐๐…๐€๐‘ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐ˆ๐ˆ exhibited ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐จ from the ๐Œ๐š๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Overall, the activity highlighted the importance of promoting seaweed-based products and strengthening support for farmers and fisherfolk through innovation and community participation.

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๐——๐—”-๐—•๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†The 1st Regional Seaw...
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๐——๐—”-๐—•๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†

The 1st Regional Seaweed Summit, held in Butuan City on May 12-13, 2026, brings together vital industry stakeholders. The activity, titled "๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐š ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐“๐จ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ" brought together representatives from government agencies, education, private sector groups, fisherfolk organizations, and local government units to discuss the current status, opportunities, and challenges of the Caraga region's seaweed industry.

The summit highlighted the important role of seaweed farming in strengthening livelihood opportunities, environmental sustainability, and economic growth in coastal communities. Discussions also emphasized the need for stronger collaboration among stakeholders to address challenges affecting the industry, including climate-related disturbances, disease outbreaks, production inefficiencies, and limited market access. Despite the decline in regional seaweed production over the years, stakeholders remained optimistic on the industryโ€™s recovery through sustainable interventions and continued partnerships.

Technical sessions were led by experts and industry practitioners from the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute, including renowned seaweed scientist ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐€๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š ๐. ๐‡๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐๐จ; ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ซ. ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚. ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž ๐‰๐ซ.; ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐…๐š๐›๐ข๐จ ๐‚. ๐‘๐ฎ๐š๐ณ๐š ๐‰๐ซ.; ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐๐จ ๐…๐š๐ฃ๐š๐ซ๐๐จ; ๐†๐ž๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š ๐‚. ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ญ; and representatives from the DA-BFAR Enhance Philippine Seaweed Development Program, ๐‰๐จ๐ฒ๐ณ๐š ๐‘. ๐„๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐จ, ๐Š๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚. ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ฌ, regional seaweed focal ๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐š๐จ, and alternate focal ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐šรฑ๐จ๐ฌ. The summit served as a platform for sharing updates on emerging technologies, sustainable production systems, research innovations, and market opportunities for the seaweed industry.

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