Mountain Province
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Rice / Heirloom Rice Production |
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Chicken / Free Range Chicken Production |
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Vegetable / Organic Vegetable Production |
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Brown Egg / Table Egg / Quail Egg / Balut Production |
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Gardening |
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Cattle Production |
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Softbroom Production |
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Swine Production |
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Potato Production |
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Livestock Advancement Program |
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Legume Production |
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Poultry Production |
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Muscovado / Sugarcane Production |
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Duck / Peckin Duck Production |
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Rambotan Production |
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Carabao Production |
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Lemon Production |
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Goat Production |
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Ponkan Production |
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Aqua (loach culture, rice-fish culture, polyculture in ponds) |
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Coffee Production |
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Capture |
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Pineapple Production |
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Cast / Harvesting Net |
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Banana Production |
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Fish Pond Culture |
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Cassava Production |
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Non-Motorize Boat |
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Peanut Seeds Production |
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Paraphernalia |
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Mango Production |
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Village Hatchery Level |
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Rice-Based Osyter Mushroom Production |
The province is a lone district comprised of 10 municipalities and 144 barangays. The municipalities are Sadanga, Natonin, Paracelis, Barlig, Bontoc, Besao, Sagada, Bauko, Tadian, and Sabangan. Its capital is Bontoc.
The top three crops produced by the province were white potato with 28.9% or 3,101.1 MT, followed by cabbage with 24.4% or 2,610.6 MT, and carrots with 8.3% or 893.1 MT.
Mountain Province was the second top producer of the region for the following crops: white potato with 9.8% of the regional white potato production, cabbage with 6.25% and carrots with 4.6% (PSA, 2018).
Paracelis and Bauko are the two top commercial producers of crops in the province. Bauko produces 47,796 MT of highland vegetables and Paracelis produces 33,109 MT of rice and corn. A total 80,905 MT of major crops can be produced by the two municipalities and rest were produced by the eight municipalities.
The cool climate in the western municipalities of the province is an advantage in the production of highland vegetables over the lowland provinces. In like manner, Paracelis is also appropriate in the production of corn that supplies feed mills in Cagayan Valley.
For highland vegetable production in Bauko and some parts of the western municipalities, the market outlets are Baguio City and Santiago City in Isabela. The inputs for commercial fertilizers and pesticides, likewise, are imported from these markets outlets for those who can afford. But for some farmers, the needed inputs are provided by middlemen who buy the produce during harvest and subtracting the cost of fertilizers and other incidental expenses. This scheme makes the farmer vulnerable to the dictates of middlemen.
For rice and corn produced in Paracelis, these are marketed to Santiago City since the city is the nearest market outlet in the municipality. The same pattern is observed for some farmers who depend on the middlemen for the cost of fertilizers and paying them from the produce afterwards.
These are the factors that despite the province’s comparative advantages as a vegetable producer due to its cool climate, most farmers remain poor and live at subsistence level.
On livestock production(which include cattle, swine, and free-range chicken), Paracelis produced the highest number of 2,199.12 MT of livestock followed by Bontoc (1,246.17 MT) and the least producer is Barlig (132.82 MT). Livestock are marketed within the province and outside like Buguias and Mankayan in Benguet. Minimal fish production is observed in all the municipalities considering that these areas are raised in rice paddies, small number of fishponds and along rivers or streams.
To date, the province has a total of 3,816 registered fisherfolk engaged in aquaculture, inland capture, post-harvest and marketing, and other fishery related activities. Based on the latest inventory of BFAR CAR, Mt. Province has 20 hectares productive areas for fish pond and 0.13 hectares for fish cage. Fishery programs and projects being implemented in the province include fish culture in ponds, cages, rice paddies, and tanks, and fish hatcheries within the province support the production of fingerlings for grow out.
Moreover, several communal bodies of water are found suited for stocking of fingerlings which are lakes, rivers, and streams. The said bodies of water have an area of 3,000.585 hectares and with approximately 39.545 metric tons of total production if developed. Interventions for sustainable inland fisheries include stock enhancement and assessment, provision of environment friendly fishing gears among others.
Major aquaculture commodities are tilapia, catfish, carp, freshwater prawn and loach while species such as tilapia, carps, eel, loach, freshwater prawn, ayungin and others common in inland capture fisheries. In 2019, the province had a total production of 15.4MT from aquaculture and inland fisheries respectively. Considering the 26kg/annum per capita consumption of fish and the total number of fish eating population, the fish sufficiency level had only reached 0.48%. Thus, the province depends on outside sources to provide for the remaining fish requirement (PSA, 2019).
Mountain Province had the highest poverty threshold among the provinces in CAR with Php 27,726 per capita per annum for 2018 (this poverty threshold is above the CAR poverty threshold by 11.5%). This translates to a minimum of Php 11,552 monthly take home income for a family of five to meet both basic food and non-food needs and be considered not poor in 2018.
Mountain Province recorded a percentage change of 13.0 frmo Php 24,536 per capita per annum in 2015.
The province also had the highest food threshold with Php 19,373 per capita per annum.
| BARLIG | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Integrated Farming on Swine, Lemon, and Vegetables Production | Latang | Latang Association for Agricultural Development | 60 | 4,990,490.00 |
| TOTAL | 60 | 4,990,490.00 | ||
| BAUKO | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Brown Egg & Vegetables Production | Leseb | 132 | 4,931,653.00 | |
| Cattle Production (7 heads) | Otucan Norte | 7 | 248,969.00 | |
| TOTAL | 139 | 5,180,622.00 | ||
| BESAO | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Integrated Farming on Swine and Rambutan Production | Catengan | Catengan-Bunga Farmer’s Rise Up Association | 60 | 5,224,750.00 |
| Cattle Production (5 heads) | Gueday | 5 | 179,590.00 | |
| TOTAL | 65 | 5,404,340.00 | ||
| BONTOC | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Quail Egg and Banana Production | Dalican | 20 | 1,183,205.00 | |
| Table Egg and Banana Production | Dalican | 50 | 3,888,580.00 | |
| Cattle Production (20 heads) | Dalican | 5 | 525,600.00 | |
| TOTAL | 75 | 5,597,385.00 | ||
| NATONIN | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Tiger Grass Production | Pudo | 110 | 1,926,200.00 | |
| Swamp Gabi Production | Pudo | 40 | 2,768,600.00 | |
| TOTAL | 150 | 4,694,800.00 | ||
| PARACELIS | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Fruit Trees Production intercrop with soybean | Bunot | BIADFA | 190 | 6,396,900.00 |
| TOTAL | 190 | 6,396,900.00 | ||
| SABANGAN | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Swine and Vegetable Production | Napua | 60 | 4,966,520.00 | |
| TOTAL | 60 | 4,966,520.00 | ||
| SADANGA | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Legume, Swine, Free range chicken & Cattle Production (14heads) production (w/ trainings) | Bekigan | 100 | 4,515,688.00 | |
| Cattle Production (14heads) | Bekigan | 14 | 588,938.00 | |
| TOTAL | 114 | 5,104,626.00 | ||
| SAGADA | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Swine and Rambutan Production | Ankileng | Angkileng Rumangayan Association | 64 | 5,037,400.00 |
| Cattle Production (5heads) | Madongo | 5 | 179,590.00 | |
| TOTAL | 69 | 5,216,990.00 | ||
| TADIAN | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Cattle Production | Mabalite | 30 | 2,008,050.00 | |
| Muscovado Production | Mabalite | 25 | 1,223,150.00 | |
| Mango Production | Mabalite | 11 | 232,520.00 | |
| Free range Chicken Production | Mabalite | 50 | 1,304,000.00 | |
| TOTAL | 116 | 4,767,720.00 | ||
| BARLIG | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Porject 1. Integrated Pekin Duck and Ponkan Production | OGO-OG | OGO-OG FISHERFOLK ORGANIZATION | 95 | 3,965,500.00 |
| Project 2. Free Range Chicken Production | LATANG | LATANG ASSOCIATION FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT | 60 | 216,200.00 |
| TOTAL | 155 | 4,181,700.00 | ||
| BAUKO | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Project 3. Enhanced Brown Egg Production | LESEB | LESEB FARMERS ASSOCIATION | 125 | 2,645,625.00 |
| Guinzadan Central | Caotit Upper Pedal FA | 75 | 1,587,375.00 | |
| Project 4. Free Range Chicken Production | MONAMON SUR | MONAMON BAUKO FARMERS ASSOCIATION | 11 | 412,450.00 |
| Project 65 (Add’l Project) Mountain Province Poultry Development Project | BANAO | 20 | 298,787.88 | |
| LAGAWA | 20 | 298,787.88 | ||
| TOTAL | 251 | 5,243,025.76 | ||
| BESAO | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Project 5. Free range Chicken and Rambutan Production | CATENGAN | CATENGAN-BUNGA FARMER RISE-UP ASSOCIATION | 60 | 1,920,900.00 |
| Project 6. Brown Egg , Sugarcane, Pineapple and Coffee Production and Processing | CATENGAN | 40 | 2,449,500.00 | |
| TOTAL | 100 | 4,370,400.00 | ||
| BONTOC | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Project 7.Carabao and Cattle Production in Dalican, Bontoc, Mt. Province | DALICAN | 20 | 1,078,000.00 | |
| MAINIT | 10 | |||
| Project 66 (Additional Project) Multiplier Farm Estabishment in Bontoc, Mountain Province | DALICAN | 70 | 2,400,000.00 | |
| ‘FAITH’ gardening and Poultry raising in the different Mountain Province & Project 68 (Add’l Project) Combating Manourishment of Children through Free range Chicken Raising in all Barangays of Bontoc Mt. Province |
Mainit | 7 | 182,821.83 | |
| ALAB ORIENTE | 40 | 1,044,696.16 | ||
| Project 8. Integrated Brown Egg and Ponkan Production | GUINA-ANG | 60 | 2,910,400.00 | |
| Project 9. Carabao Raising | GUINA-ANG | 17 | 510,000.00 | |
| Free Range Chicken Production | ALAB PROPER | BILIG BENGASAN DATA MATA-AO FARMERS ORGANIZATION | 11 | 412,450.00 |
| Project 65 (Add’l Project) Mountain Province Poultry Development Project | Mainit | 23 | 74,696.97 | |
| Can-eo | 25 | 373,484.85 | ||
| Bayyo | 30 | 448,181.82 | ||
| ALAB ORIENTE | 47 | 702,151.52 | ||
| TOTAL | 360 | 10,136,883.14 | ||
| NATONIN | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Duck Raising in Pudo, Natonin, Mt. Province (Continuing) | PUDO | 40 | 1,360,000.00 | |
| Free range Chicken Production in Pudo, Natonin, Mt. Province | PUDO | 110 | 3,183,000.00 | |
| Project 67 (Add’l Project) ‘FAITH’ gardening and Poultry raising in the different Mountain Province & Project 68 (Add’l Project) Combating Manourishment of Children through Free range Chicken Raising in all Barangays of Bontoc Mt. Province |
BANAO | 12 | 226,618.71 | |
| TOTAL | 162 | 4,769,618.71 | ||
| PARACELIS | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Fruit Trees & Peanut Seeds Production in Bunot, Paracelis, Mt. Province | BUNOT | 190 | 4,203,750.00 | |
| Project 67 (Add’l Project) ‘FAITH’ gardening and Poultry raising in the different Mountain Province & Project 68 (Add’l Project) Combating Manourishment of Children through Free range Chicken Raising in all Barangays of Bontoc Mt. Province |
BANTAY | 70 | 1,340,827.34 | |
| TOTAL | 260 | 5,544,577.34 | ||
| SABANGAN | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Vegetable Production in Napua, Sabangan , Mt. Province(Continuing) | NAPUA | 30 | 430,000.00 | |
| Free Range Chicken Production in Napua, Sabangan, Mt. Province | NAPUA | 86 | 3,584,200.00 | |
| Free Range Chicken Production in Lagan, Sabangan, Mt. Province | LAGAN | I-LAGAN IRRIGATORS ASSOCIATION | 11 | 412,450.00 |
| TOTAL | 127 | 4,426,650.00 | ||
| SADANGA | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Integrated Cattle Raising with Heirloom Rice in Sacasacan, Sadanga, Mt. Province | SACASACAN | 50 | 2,502,500.00 | |
| Integrated Cattle Rasing with Heirloom Rice Production in Bekigan, Sadanga, Mt. Province (Continuing) | BEKIGAN | BEKIGAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION | 30 | 589,400.00 |
| Free Range Chicken Production in Anabel, Sadanga, Mt. Province | ANABEL | 10 | 94,400.00 | |
| TOTAL | 90 | 3,186,300.00 | ||
| SAGADA | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Vegetable Production | ANGKILENG | ANGKILENG RUMANG-AYAN ORGANIZATION | 30 | 1,377,000.00 |
| Organic Vegetable Production | ANGKILENG | 8 | 497,600.00 | |
| Backyard Brown Egg Production | ANGKILENG | 7 | 420,350.00 | |
| Integrated Cattle Raising with Heirloom | KILONG | DOCCOS FARMERS ORGANIZATION INC. | 85 | 1,481,200.00 |
| Project 67 (Add’l Project) ‘FAITH’ gardening and Poultry raising in the different Mountain Province & Project 68 (Add’l Project) Combating Manourishment of Children through Free range Chicken Raising in all Barangays of Bontoc Mt. Province | BANGAAN | 40 | 755,395.68 | |
| AGUID | 24 | 453,237.41 | ||
| FIDILESAN | 27 | 509,892.09 | ||
| MADONGO | 39 | 736,510.79 | ||
| TOTAL | 260 | 6,231,185.97 | ||
| TADIAN | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | Amount (Php) |
| Project 12 Enhancement of Mango Production in Mabalite, Tadian, Mt Province | MABALITE | E-MABALITE TADIAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED | 25 | 320,190.00 |
| Project 13 Sugarcane Production in Mabalite, Tadian Mt. Province (Continuing) | MABALITE | E-MABALITE TADIAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED | 20 | 116,800.00 |
| Project 64 Enhancement of Cattle Production Project in Mabalite, Tadian (Continuing) Mt. Province | MABALITE | E-MABALITE TADIAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED | 42 | 1,695,800.00 |
| TOTAL | 87 | 2,132,790.00 | ||
| BARLIG | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced Rice Related Projects | ||||
| Enhancement of Heirloom Rice Production with Rambutan Production and Peckin Duck Production | Ogo-og | Ogo-og Fisherfolk Organization | 95 | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced High Value Crops Related Projects | ||||
| Production of Seedlings | Latang | Latang Association for Agricultural Development | 15 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Livestock Related Projects | ||||
| Swine Repopulation | Latang | Latang Association for Agricultural Development | 10 | |
| TOTAL | 120 | |||
| BAUKO | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Livestock Related Projects | ||||
| Mountain Province Livestock Advancement Program | Otucan Norte | Kiodan Kataguan Di Umili Association | 20 | |
| Integrated Swine and Vegetable Production | Mayag | 20 | ||
| Livelihood for Enhaced Poultry Related Projects | ||||
| Table Egg Production | Balintaugan | Balintaugan Farmers Association | 40 | |
| Chicken Production | Bagnen Proper | Maudan Farmers Association | 190 | |
| Table Egg Production Site 1 | Bagnen Oriente | Madidaga Agro-Farmers Association Inc. | 85 | |
| Chicken Production Site 2 | Bagnen Oriente | Madidaga Agro-Farmers Association Inc. | 100 | |
| Enhancement of Table Egg Procution | Guinsadan Central | Caotit Upper Pedal Farmers Association | 75 | |
| Table Egg Production | Otucan Sur | Binnadang Farmers Association | 150 | |
| Chicken Production | Otucan Norte | Kiodan Kataguan Di Umili Association | 95 | |
| Brown Egg Production Processing and Marketing | Leseb | Leseb Community Farmer’s Association | 50 | |
| TOTAL | 825 | |||
| BESAO | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced Rice Related Projects | ||||
| Integrated Fruit Trees, Free-Range Chicken Production and Enhancement of Rice Production | Tamboan | Tamboan Farmers and Fisherfolk Association | 100 | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced High Value Crops Related Projects | ||||
| Vegetable Production | Agawa | Agawa Farmers and Fisherfolk Organization | 3 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Livestock Related Projects | ||||
| Cattle Raising and Heirloom Rice Production | Agawa | Agawa Farmers and Fisherfolk Organization | 22 | |
| Swine Repopulation | Catengan | Catengan-Bunga Farmers Rise-up Association | 10 | |
| Vegetable and Swine Production | Agawa | Agawa Farmers and Fisherfolk Organization | 5 | |
| Swine Repopulation | Agawa | Agawa Farmers and Fisherfolk Organization | 5 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Poultry Related Projects | ||||
| Brown Egg Production | Gueday | Gueday Integrated Farmers and Fisherfolk Association | 100 | |
| TOTAL | 245 | |||
| BONTOC | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced High Value Crops Related Projects | ||||
| Revival of Ponkan and Meyer Lemon Production | Maligcong | Maligcong Farmers Fisherfolk and Irrigators Association | 50 | |
| Fruit Trees Production, Poultry Production and Marekting | Guinaang | Aratey Si Inkhawisan Farmers Association | 60 | |
| Integrated Fruit Trees, Duck and Balut Production, Processing and Marketing | Gonogon | 20 | ||
| Integrated Fruit Trees, Duck and Balut Production, Processing and Marketing | Talubin | 20 | ||
| Livelihood for Enhaced Poultry Related Projects | ||||
| Table Egg Production and Marketing | Mainit | Upper Mainit Warriors Team Organization | 50 | |
| Poultry Production | Alab Proper | Bilig Bengasan Data Mat-ao Organization | 60 | |
| Poultry Production and Marketing | Alab Oriente | Derway Farmers Association | 30 | |
| Brown Egg Production, Processing and Marketing | Can-eo | 20 | ||
| TOTAL | 310 | |||
| NATONIN | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced High Value Crops Related Projects | ||||
| Expansion of Arabica Coffee Production and Processing | Banao | Banao 4H Club | 25 | |
| Softbroom Making and Swamp Gabi Processing and Pekin Duck and Brown Egg Production and Marketing | Pudo | Pudo Farmers Organization | 50 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Livestock Related Projects | ||||
| Swine Repopulation | Alunogan | Ornungan Farmers and Irrigators Association Inc. | 10 | |
| Expansion of Arabica Coffee Production and Processing and Swine Repopulation | Banao | Banao 4H Club | 10 | |
| TOTAL | 85 | |||
| PARECELIS | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced High Value Crops Related Projects | ||||
| Enhancement of Coffee Processing | Bunot | Bunot Integrated Agricultural Development Farmers Association; | 190 | |
| Bunot Ambarowan Farmers Organization | 190 | |||
| Enhancement of Coffee Processing and Production of Seelings | Bunot | Bunot Integrated Agricultural Development Farmers Association; | 15 | |
| Bunot Ambarowan Farmers Organization | ||||
| Cassava and Peanut Production, Processing and Marketing at Brgy. Anonat, Paracelis | Anonat | Siffu Damsite Anonat Integrated Farmers Ass. Inc. | 50 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Livestock Related Projects | ||||
| Goat Raising and Rice-based Osyter Mushroom Production | Buringal | Ginabwal Integrated Rural Improvement Club and Farmers Association Inc. | 40 | |
| TOTAL | 470 | |||
| SABANGAN | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced High Value Crops Related Projects | ||||
| Potato and Bell Production | Busa | Busa Sumyaan Farmers Association | 18 | |
| Vegetable Production | Napua | Napua Farmers Timpuyog Organization | 30 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Livestock Related Projects | ||||
| Swine Repopulation | Napua | Napua Farmers Timpuyog Organization | 10 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Poultry Related Projects | ||||
| Chicken Production | Busa | Busa Sumyaan Farmers Association | 16 | |
| Chicken Production | Lagan | E-Lagan Irrigators Association | 85 | |
| TOTAL | 159 | |||
| SADANGA | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced Rice Related Projects | ||||
| Heirloom Rice Production and Marketing | Saclit | Bigatin Livelihood Farmers Association | 23 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Livestock Related Projects | ||||
| Integrated Carabao Raising and Heirloom Rice Production | Betwagan | Betwagan Farmers and Fisherfolks Association | 30 | |
| Swine Repopulation | Bekigan | Bekigan Farmers Association | 10 | |
| Integrated Carabao Raising, Swine Repopulation and Heirloom Rice Production | Sacasacan | Amkabigat Farmers Association | 25 | |
| Integrated Carabao Raising, Swine Repopulation and Heirloom Rice Production | Anabel | Anabel Faith Farmers and Fisherfolks Association | 21 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Poultry Related Projects | ||||
| Table Egg Production | Saclit | Faliw-ang Farmers and Fisherfolk Association | 23 | |
| TOTAL | 132 | |||
| SAGADA | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced High Value Crops Related Projects | ||||
| Vegetable Production | Aguid | Aguid Gardeners Organization | 14 | |
| Enhancement of Arabica Coffee Production and Postharvest Processing | Aguid | Aguid Farmers Organization | 30 | |
| Organic Vegetable Production | Ankileng | Ankileng Rumang-ayan Organization | 8 | |
| Conventional Vegetable Production | Ankileng | Ankileng Rumang-ayan Organization | 30 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Livestock Related Projects | ||||
| Swine Repopulation | Ankileng | Ankileng Rumang-ayan Organization | 10 | |
| Swine Repopulation | Fidelisan | Fidelisan Indigenous Farmers Association | 7 | |
| Vegetable Production and Swine Production | Aguid | Aguid Gardeners Organization | 1 | |
| Swine Repopulation | Aguid | Aguid Gardeners Organization | 9 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Poultry Related Projects | ||||
| Brown Egg Production and Marketing | Ankileng | Ankileng Rumang-ayan Organization | 21 | |
| Brown Egg Production | Bangaan | Bangaan Sunshine Organization | 30 | |
| Free Chicken Production and Marketing | Fidelisan | Fidelisan Indigenous Farmers Association | 40 | |
| Brown Egg Production | Kilong | Doccos Farmers Organization Inc. | 50 | |
| Brown Egg Production | Madongo | Madongo Farmers Sumyaan Organization | 35 | |
| TOTAL | 285 | |||
| TADIAN | ||||
| Project Title | Barangay/s | Farmers Association | Total number of beneficiaries | |
| Livelihood for Enhanced High Value Crops Related Projects | ||||
| Sugarcane Production | Mabalite | E-mabalite Farmers Association | 25 | |
| Production of Seedlings | Mabalite | E-mabalite Farmers Association | 15 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Livestock Related Projects | ||||
| Enhancement of Cattle Production | Mabalite | E-mabalite Farmers Association | 10 | |
| Enhancement of Cattle Production and Establishment of forage Development | Mabalite | E-mabalite Farmers Association | 45 | |
| Livelihood for Enhaced Poultry Related Projects | ||||
| Establishment of Free Range Chicken Production | Batayan | Batayan Farmers and Irrigators Association | 140 | |
| Swine Repopulation | Batayan | Batayan Farmers and Irrigators Association | 10 | |
| TOTAL | 245 | |||
In 2019, a total of 2,569 individual fisherfolk received various livelihood projects such as tilapia culture in ponds and rice paddies. Capture fishers received a set of fishing gears inclusive of fish traps, gillnets and cast nets.
| Projects Implemented | Municipalities Covered | Number of Beneficiaries (Individual) |
Financial Allocation (Php) |
| Aqua(polyculture in ponds) | Barlig, Bauko, Besao, Bontoc, Natonin, Paracelis, Sabangan, Sadanga, Sagada, Tadian | 884 | 5,369,400 |
| Aqua(rice-fish culture) | Barlig, Bauko, Besao, Bontoc, Natonin, Paracelis, Sabangan, Sadanga, Sagada, Tadian | 1,451 | 6,433,000 |
| Aqua (loach culture) | Barlig, Bauko, Besao, Bontoc, Natonin, Sabangan, Sadanga, Sagada, Tadian | 29 | 197,600 |
| Capture(set of fishing gears) | Barlig, Bauko, Besao, Bontoc, Natonin, Paracelis, Sabangan, Sadanga, Sagada, Tadian | 184 | 1,000,000 |
| TOTAL | 1,359 | 13,000,000 |
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QUEZON CITY, September 29, 2022 - Cordillera Administrative Region is the last region to complete the entire leg of the Program Management Office (PMO) field study, which aims to analyze…
IP women earn 1.6M through DA-SAAD Swine Repopulation Program
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, September 8, 2022 - Ten (10) indigenous women from the Kankanaey tribe in Napua, Sabangan earned a total Php 1,663,587.50 after five cycles of the Swine Repopulation Project…
Pig-ment of possibilities: Farmers in Tadian earn 186k through DA-SAAD project
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, September 8, 2022 – Ten farmers from Barangay Batayan, Tadian, Mountain Province earned Php 186,000.00 from selling piglets produced from the Swine Repopulation Project of the Department of Agriculture…
Biosecurity measures help SAAD swine raisers mitigate ASF spread
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, September 6, 2022 – The threat brought by the African Swine Fever (ASF) in Sadanga, Mountain Province has been mitigated in Barangay Bekigan through the application of biosecurity measures…
Moving towards climate change resilience through DA-SAAD projects
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, March 25, 2022 - Paracelis is a municipality of Mountain Province situated at an elevation of 260 meters above sea level, the clime is the perfect blend expected…
Tiger Grass flourish in Natonin, Mountain Province
Broom-making through tiger grass in a highland town of Mountain Province has proven to be both profitable and beneficial in preserving indigenous products. Village elders in Pudo, Nationin also regard tiger…
SAAD brown egg chicken production, income source for a nursing and stay-at-home mom
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, December 27, 2021 – A member of the Pudo Farmers Organization earned from selling brown eggs produced from the Brown Egg Production project provided by the Department of…
Mountain Province elder earns from DA-SAAD chicken production project
There is no retirement age in farming. The wide spectrum of activities in agriculture enables experienced elderly workers to remain socially integrated especially in economic activities. Farming can be done…
16 Mt. Province fisherfolk groups receive SAAD post-production packages
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, October 8, 2021 - The Department of Agriculture (DA) - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) distributed Php 402,080 worth of postharvest…
SAAD farmer in Mt Province increases pig production by threefolds
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, August 23, 2021 - Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program’s Swine Production beneficiary Wilma Bodisen from Mountain Province increased her animal stocks…
Fisherfolk in Mt. Province eyes loach production
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, August 19, 2021 - Beneficiaries of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources - Special Area for Agricultural Development (BFAR-SAAD) Program harvested 40 kilograms of cultured Japanese Weather…
Understanding the `Mandanas Ruling´: Implication to the SAAD Program
BAGUIO CITY, August 5, 2021 - Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Deputy Director Ulysses Lustria, Jr. discussed the program’s possible exemption from the Mandanas…
Sagada women lead SAAD swine raising project towards enterprise
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, August 02, 2021 - As the all-women farmer-group Ankileng Rumang-ayan Organization (ARO) in Mountain Province led the swine raising initiated by the Department of Agriculture - Special Area…
SAAD youth beneficiary invents improvised incubator for brown egg production
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, August 5, 2021 - Twenty-four-year-old Jomarie Pacpacong, an electronics graduate of the Baguio College of Technology (BCT) of Leseb, Bauko in Mountain Province, invented an improvised incubator for…
SAAD Program continues to uplift lives through agri-inputs to expansion areas
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, August 5, 2021 - The Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) reassured its commitment to alleviate poverty among…
Feeding communities, engaging farmers into agricultural enterprise
BAGUIO CITY, August 5, 2021 - The Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) ups its quest to not…
Independent egg production in Leseb, aids access to food and nutrition sufficiency
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, JUNE 25, 2021 - Brown egg producers in Barangay Leseb in Bauko, Mountain Province found added income by raising chickens in their backyards, bankrolled by the Department of…
MP project implementers undergo refresher on program implementation
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, May 4, 2021 - As the program comes to a few steps closer to being granted an extension, the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development…
400k fingerlings distributed to 946 Mountain Province fisherfolk
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, April 27, 2021 – The Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program distributed 366,000 tilapia fingerlings and 70,400 hito fingerlings to 946 fisherfolk in the municipalities…
75 Caotit farmers receive intervention for brown egg production
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, March 25, 2021- The Department of Agriculture’s Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) turned over agricultural support worth Php 2.3 million for 75 farmers in Sitio Caotit, Guenzadan…
DA-SAAD CAR grants Dekalb pullets to 7 Sagada farmers
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, March 17, 2021 - The Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program provided Php 175,000 worth of 350 head Dekalb brown chicken…
FAs earn Php 372k from SAAD’s Hubbard chicken production in Mountain Province
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, February 18, 2021 – Two farmers’ associations (FA) with 136 members in Mountain Province earned Php 372,000 from the Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program’s…
Php 203M budget for 2021 to be executed in CAR
BAGUIO CITY, January 25, 2021 – The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) will implement Php 203 million worth of rice-related, high-value crops,…
Mountain Province eyes CFA as lead quail and chicken egg distributor
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, December 4, 2020 – The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Mountain Province eyed the Channeg Farmer’s Association (CFA) as one of the leading egg distributors as it is…
Twin tank village-type fish hatchery provided by SAAD to TAFFIA now operational
TADIAN, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, December 9, 2020 – The Tadian Farmers, Fisherfolk and Irrigators Association’s (TAFFIA) twin tank village-type fish hatchery located in Luk-eb Calacaban, Tue, Tadian provided by the Special…
4th quarter obligation of SAAD-CAR at 94%
BAGUIO CITY, December 3, 2020 – In the pre-assessment activity of the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) from December 2 to 3, Special Area for Agricultural…
Livelihood fishery projects distributed in Mountain Province
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, October 20, 2020 - Various fishery livelihood projects worth Php 925,000.00 were distributed to Mountain Province in a turnover led by CAR Regional Director Lilibeth L. Signey of…
Channeg FA towards quail egg supplier
Background Mountain Province is the poorest among the provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region with a 17.2% poverty incidence rate recorded by the Philippine Statistics Authority in 2018. Bontoc, located…
Loach production jump-starts in Mountain Province
Tadian, Mountain Province, September 3, 2020 – To support the restoration of the Japanese loach production in Mountain Province, the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program provided Php 603,054.00…
37 carabaos awarded to Bontoc farmers
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, August 21, 2020 – Thirty-seven (37) carabaos worth Php 1,110,750.00 were awarded to 37 farmer-beneficiaries from Barangay Guina-ang and Dalican in Bontoc for the Carabao Production Project of…
SAAD Cordillera conducts Midyear Assessment for 2020
BAGUIO CITY, July 23-24, 2020 – With its aim to alleviate poverty in the farming communities, the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program provided livelihood interventions to the 30…
72 cattle granted to Mountain Province farmer-beneficiaries
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, July 9, 2020 – Seventy–two (72) head of cattle were distributed to the beneficiaries of six municipalities of Mountain Province namely: Sadanga with 28 beneficiaries, Sagada with five…
Mountain Province 586 fisherfolks received 300,000 tilapia fingerlings
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, May 12-15, 2020 – The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) - CAR distributed in the province 300,000 tilapia…
Securing food sufficiency in Cordillera amidst COVID-19 pandemic
BAGUIO CITY — The Department of Agriculture (DA) - Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is encouraging more Filipinos to participate and support the Plant, Plant, Plant Program initiated by Secretary William…
Fisherfolk in Cordillera harvest 5.09 MT tilapia
CORDILLERA, April 1-16, 2020 – The implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) did not hinder the fishers in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to harvest their tilapia from the Aquaculture…
SAAD turns over etag chamber and compost shed to Mt. Province farmers association
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, January 22, 2020 – The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program in Mountain Province turns over etag chamber in Ankileng, Sagada and compost shed in Catengan, Besao.…
DA-SAAD CAR conducts 4th Quarter Regional Assessment
BAGUIO CITY, November 25-27, 2019 – The Department of Agriculture’s Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program of Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) held its 4th Quarter Regional Assessment at New…
SAAD CAR conducts Provincial Orientation in Mountain Province
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE—The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) held a Provincial Orientation at Archog Hotel, Samoki, Bontoc, Mountain Province on 27 November 2018.…
SAAD covers three provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region for 2019-2022
BAGUIO CITY - The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) National Program Management Office (NPMO) conducted a Consultative Meeting for multi-year plan (FY 2019-2022) crafting for the provinces of Apayao,…
SAAD includes Mountain Province as one of its new provinces for 2019
BONTOC, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES—The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) conducted a consultation meeting attended by the representatives of the Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs). The activity was held in Archog…
SAAD CAR provinces gear up to carry out 2019 plans
CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR), PHILIPPINES — The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) National Program Management Office (NPMO) led by its Program Director Bernadette F. San Juan (Dir. SJ) along with the SAAD-CAR…
SAAD conducts planning workshop for Apayao, Mt. Province, and Kalinga
BAGUIO CITY, PHILIPPINES — The Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program conducted an initial planning workshop on January 10-12, 2018 that will pave the way for the…