6 FAs in Kalinga received Php 4M worth of DA-SAAD livelihood projects
KALINGA, December 14, 2022 - To provide assistance to community-based enterprises, six (6) farmers’ associations (FAs) in Tinglayan were awarded with Php 4,569,200 worth of agricultural livelihood assistance from the Department of Agriculture–Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program funded…
Applai IP swine raisers train on low-cost feed formulation and biosecurity
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, December 13, 2022 - As hog feeds continues to surge in the market, 13 indigenous Applai tribe beneficiaries of Swine Repopulation Program received a 3-day farm-based Swine Production and Management training in Agawa, Besao. This initiative is led…
970 Catanduanes farmers graduate from the SAAD Program
CATANDUANES, December 13, 2022 – Thirty-eight (38) farmer associations (FAs) consisting of nine hundred seventy (970) farmer-beneficiaries from the province of Catanduanes were commended in a series of recognition ceremonies conducted by the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program…
IPs secure vegetable supplies in ELCAC barangay
APAYAO, December 7, 2022 - With the challenge of having low supply of vegetables in their community, 15 Indigenous People (IP) from the Itawes, Isnag, Kankana-ey, and Tingguian communities came together to strengthen vegetable crops production and ease access to…
Apayao FCA profits from egg enterprise
APAYAO, November 29, 2022 - After engaging in various production interventions provided by the Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) program, the Upstream Livelihood Farmers Association (ULFA) ventured into egg production to expand their means for income acquisition.…
Bontoc IP members enhance skills on meat processing and marketing
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, November 24, 2022 - In partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the Mountain Province, the Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program conducted a training on Meat Processing, Labeling and Marketing with…
598 farmers from Sorsogon graduate from SAAD
SORSOGON, November 22, 2022 - Sixteen (16) farmers associations (FAs) consisting of 598 farmers from the Municipality of Pilar, Sorsogon were the first group of beneficiaries in the Bicol Region to “graduate” from the Department of Agriculture - Special Area…
Mountain Province sugarcane farmers enhance skills on Muscovado processing and marketing
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, November 21, 2022 – With the aim to increase and upgrade processing and marketing of muscovado sugar in Mabalite, Tadian, the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program, Mountain Province trained 21 sugarcane farmers…
Applai Mountain Province IP group earns Php 246K income from DA-SAAD sugarcane production
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, November 21, 2022 - Indigenous Applai sugarcane producers recorded a cumulative income of Php 246,144.00 from two (2) cycles of muscovado sugar production or locally known as ente, inakob (also called sinakob in other Philippine languages), and vinegar from…