GROUP PARTICIPANTS 654 PARTICIPANTS 88,681 activities conducted 2,353 SOCIAL
PREPARATION Series of activities that helps identify the basic and complex needs of its target beneficiaries that shall serve as the baseline for the beneficiaries' social and economic improvement relative to agriculture and fisheries. These activities encompass various needs assessment, profiling, and capacity building activities. - As of December 2022 MEMBERS 179,088 FARMERS/FISHERS ASSOCIATIONS 6,319 INDIVIDUAL BENEFICIARIES 143,520 PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED 3,602 participants 142,591 Specialized Trainings conducted 3,599 FOOD PRODUCTION
AND LIVELIHOOD Agriculture and fishery goods and services provided to the beneficiaries packaged into a transformative livelihood project that allows the farmers and fishers to develop into entrepreneurs. - As of December 2022 group members 21,285 group beneficiaries 465 Established enterprises 465 MARKETING ASSISTANCE
AND ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT Market related activities that assist and support the provided livelihood projects develop into enterprises to sustain source of income and improve socio-economic status of the beneficiaries. - As of December 2022 Disbursement Rate 2017-2022 79% Obligation rate 2017-2022 97% PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT Activities (both goods and services) procured, conducted, and utilized by the program implementers to deliver quality and timely goods and services for the target beneficiaries. - As of December 2022 {{current_slide_index}} of {{total_slide_count}} SAAD CORE COMPONENTS

53 Siargao Island farmers receive goat production project from DA-SAAD Caraga

02 Food Production,Press release,2023 September 29, 2023 by Jennifer Valcobero SURIGAO DEL NORTE, September 30, 2023 - Providing long-term income sources to Phase 2 farmers’ associations (FAs) in Siargao Island, the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program turned over communal Goat Production Projects to 53 farmers in Santa Monica and Pilar, Surigao del Norte on September 14, 2023.

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SAAD NPMO prepares for upcoming DPA workshop, convenes with DA Legal Service

01 Social Preparation,Partnerships,Press release,2023 September 29, 2023 by Kath Agonoy QUEZON CITY, September 29, 2023 - To ensure smooth run of the Data Privacy and Management Workshop on October 2 to 6, 2023, the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) National Program Management Office (NPMO) together with the Legal Service office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) convened to establish clear rules and expectations, goals... Read More

SAAD ZamPen dev’t workers trained on writing, photography to promote farmers’ narratives

Press release,2023 September 29, 2023 by John Gamarcha ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA, September 25, 2023 - Promoting rural farmers’ real-life stories, development workers from the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program Phase 2 in Zamboanga Peninsula underwent a two-day workshop on writing and photography.

Twenty-three (23) participants composed of area coordinators (AC) and staff from Food and Production Livelihood (FPL), Marketing... Read More

10 Biliran FAs receive power tillers to maximize farm production

02 Food Production,Core Components,Press release,2023 September 27, 2023 by John Gamarcha BILIRAN, September 27, 2023 - To promote efficient farm production in rural communities, the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program Phase 2 granted 10 units of Walking Type Agricultural Tractor-Rotary tilling type worth Php 2,388,888 to 10 farmers’ associations (FAs) cultivating crops in Biliran. This is in support of the... Read More

SAAD Caraga assists Siargao farmers venture in commercial pineapple production

02 Food Production,Press release,2023 September 27, 2023 by Jennifer Valcobero SURIGAO DEL NORTE, September 27, 2023 - Assisting small-scale farmers to engage in commercial pineapple plantations in Siargao Island, the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program funded the Pineapple Production Project for the 32 members of  Abad Santos Farmers Association (ASFA) in Santa Monica.

Under SAAD Phase 2, the group from... Read More

Bohol farmers set up food business: serving the community, increasing food access

03 Marketing Enterprise,Core Components,Press release,2023 September 27, 2023 by Jennifer Valcobero Four (4) years after receiving the vegetable production project from the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Central Visayas, the Campamanog Carabao and Vegetable Farmer’s Association (CACAVEFA) put up a carinderia - an eatery where affordable meals, vegetable viand out of their harvest, and other home-cooked meals are served - in... Read More

50 farmers implement the integrated corn, livestock project in Negros Oriental

02 Food Production,Press release,2023 September 26, 2023 by Jennifer Valcobero NEGROS ORIENTAL, September 26, 2023 - To increase corn and cattle production in Negros Oriental, 50 farmers from Basak and Janay-Janay Farmer's Associations (FAs) received seeds and livestock under the Cattle and Corn Production Projects of the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program Phase 2 of Central Visayas on July... Read More

251 farmers in Quezon Province underwent PRA

01 Social Preparation,Press release,2023 September 21, 2023 by Kath Agonoy QUEZON, PROVINCE, September 21, 2023 – The Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program Phase 2  in CALABARZON with the National Program Management Office (NPMO) conducted six (6) Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) activities in the municipalities of Alabat and Quezon, Quezon, intending to cover 10 farmers associations (FAs) for community organizing.

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Provincial orientation kickoff in Benguet

01 Social Preparation,Press release,2023 September 21, 2023 by Kath Agonoy LA TRINIDAD, BENGUET, September 21, 2023 – With the successful completion of the provincial consultation in Benguet, the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program Phase 2 in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is now conducting municipal orientations, aimed at fostering collaborative relationship with program stakeholders in Kibungan, Sablan, and Tublay. 

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Tingloy farmers are set to receive goat production project under DA-SAAD Phase 2

01 Social Preparation,Press release,2023 September 20, 2023 by Kath Agonoy CALABARZON, September 20, 2023 – Following the result of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) conducted by the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program Phase 2 in CALABARZON, a total of 175 goat raisers in Tingloy, Batangas are set to receive goat production project in the following year of 2024.

The PRA is... Read More

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