ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 15-16, 2020 – The Department of Agriculture (DA) – Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program field implementers of Region 9 initiated a fundraising program they call “Bayanihan Mission: Farm Good for Families Relief Project”. According to…
METRO MANILA, April 12, 2020 – President Rodrigo Duterte imposed the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon and other regions in Visayas and Mindanao due to the increasing number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this…
Philippines is still an agriculture-based economy where majority of its population lives in rural areas with employment in agriculture reported at 22.10 % in early 2019[1]. The increasing population in the country resulted to increase in the demand for food products, thus…
Bilanghoy (Waray term for cassava) was once considered a “lowly” crop and cultivated mainly by smallholder farmers for food consumption. It is an alternative staple food for Filipinos, especially in rural areas, other than white rice, corn, kamote, etc. Aside from providing food…
Rural development is increasingly linked to entrepreneurship, which is seen as an intervention that could promote and speed up the development process. To meet the challenges of becoming agricultural entrepreneurs, farmers – particularly smallholder farmers and farmer–groups – need to…
Social media netizen Raul Reyes commented on the recent breaking news posted on Facebook, “NEDA says SAAD contributes to Region 8’s decrease in poverty.” Here is his remark in toto: SAAD is Tactical Agriculture. With PRRD’s (Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s)…
DAVAO CITY, March 6, 2020 – The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program, represented by Deputy Director Ulysses Lustria, Jr., joined the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Projects Coordination and Management Assistance Division’s (SPCMAD) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019…
PAMPANGA, February 28, 2020 – The Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) aligned its funding proposals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 to the new budget system of the government during a comprehensive planning and budget workshop…
DIPOLOG CITY - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Provincial Coordinator (PC) of Zamboanga del Norte (ZaNorte), Ronilo Dusaban, revealed that the program’s partnership with the Pamansalan Eco-Tech High School and farmers’ associations in Barangay Diwan would encourage the youth…
BANGLADESH AND INDIA, January 27 to February 1, 2020 – A six-member delegation from the Philippines joined a learning visit to Dhaka, Bangladesh and New Delhi, India to explore Regional Cooperation in Seed Sector. The International Potato Center (CIP) organized…