MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL, November 25-26, 2020 – Five (5) towns from Misamis Occidental received Php 7.7 million worth of Integrated Agricultural Livelihood Project from the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program for FY 2020 held at the municipalities of Baliangao and Aloran.

The agricultural assistance for rice, open-pollinated variety (OPV) corn, sweet corn, vegetable, and livestock production benefited 18 farmers’ associations (FAs) with 1,145 members from Aloran, Panaon, Sapang Dalaga, Concepcion, and Baliangao.

The target production area is projected at 286 hectares.

The distribution of inputs per FA and municipality are as follows:

Municipality	Farmer’s Association (FA)	Interventions	Project Cost (Php)
Aloran	1)   Aloran Farmers and Fishermen’s Association, Inc. (AFFAI) (266 members) 2)   Dampawang Pelong Conat Association (DAPECO) (49 members)	Mobile rice mill (2 units), power tiller pull-type with trailer (2 units), hand tractor/multi-crop cultivator (1 unit), OPV corn seeds (50 bags), OPV vegetable seeds (377 packs), organic fertilizers (130 bags), antibacterial sachets (35 boxes), wound spray (22 canisters), vitamins A,D,E (38 packs), electrolytes+dextrose+nutrient celycine (6.5 boxes)	1,384,635.69
Baliangao	Baliangao Federated SAAD Beneficiaries Association (150 members)	Mobile rice mill (2 units), power tiller pull-type (3 units), hand tractor/multi-crop cultivator (3 units), OPV corn seeds (68 bags), OPV vegetable seeds (378 packs), organic fertilizers (130 bags), antibacterial sachets (46 boxes), wound spray (28 canisters), vitamins A,D,E (49 packs), and electrolytes+dextrose+nutrient celycine (11 boxes)	1,918,815.88
Concepcion	1)   Poblacion FA (40 members) 2)   Guiban FA (38 members) 3)   Migubay FA (34 members) 4)   Virayan FA (31 members) 5)   Layaan FA (22 members)	Hand tractor/multi-crop cultivator (2 units), corn husker/sheller (1 unit), OPV corn seeds (56 bags), OPV vegetable seeds (378 packs), organic fertilizers (130 bags), antibacterial sachets (40 boxes), wound spray (24 canisters), vitamins A,D,E (42 packs), and electrolytes+dextrose+nutrient celycine (10 boxes)	913,267.42
Panaon	Panaon Farmer’s Association (200 members)	Mobile rice mill (2 units), power tiller pull-type with trailer (2 units), hand tractor/multi-crop cultivator (2 units), corn husker/sheller (1 unit), 56 OPV corn seeds, OPV vegetable seeds (377 packs), organic fertilizers (130 bags), antibacterial sachets (40 boxes), wound spray (24 canisters), vitamins A,D,E (42 packs), and electrolytes+dextrose+nutrient celycine	1,967,494.47
Sapang Dalaga	1)   Barangay Dasa FA (24 members) 2)   Ventura SAAD FA (36 members) 3)   Sinaad SAAD FA (42 members) 4)   Upper Bautista SAAD FA (36 members) 5)   Lower Bautista SAAD FA (21 members) 6)   Guinasama SAAD FA (32 members) 7)   Semesadaca MPC FA (54 members) 8)   Bidiosaca SAAD FA (22 members) 9)   Dilona SAAD FA (48 members)	Mobile rice mill (1 unit), power tiller pull-type with trailer (2 units), hand tractor/multi-crop cultivator (2 units), corn husker/sheller (1 unit), OPV corn seeds (56 bags), OPV vegetable seeds (378 packs), organic fertilizers (130 bags), antibacterial sachets (35 boxes), wound spray (24 canisters), vitamins A,D,E (41 packs), and electrolytes+dextrose+nutrient celycine (5 boxes)	1,527,817.68
Total                                                                                                                 7,712,031.14

In his message, Department of Agriculture (DA) – RFO 10 Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado appealed to the leaders of each town to be supportive of DA’s projects.

“The LGUs’ roles in the implementation of DA projects are indispensable. We need your help especially in fast-tracking the crafting of resolutions to hasten the project implementation,” Collado said.

He also challenged the LGUs to be keen on proposing direly needed agricultural interventions in their towns.

“We hope the projects granted to your LGUs will be well-taken care of for the advantage of the farmers,” he remarked.

In his part, Mayor Agne V. Yap of Baliangao boasts the DA-granted assistance to his town.

“The people of Baliangao are extremely delighted with the assistance provided by the DA. This assistance will be instrumental to the improvement of our town,” Mayor Yap declared.

“As recipients, we should take good care of the projects so that DA will grant us more assistance in the future,” added Mayor Yap, urging his constituents to value the granted projects.

Now on its third-year implementation in Northern Mindanao, SAAD aims to capacitate newly form FAs to venture into enterprising agricultural activities as its priority agricultural livelihood project this year. ###

 

Writer: Azbie Talib, SAAD RPMSO 10, Information Writer