ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, July 30, 2020 - Some 442 native chickens worth Php 385,700.00 were distributed to the members of Tampilisan Subanen Cultural Minority Association (TSCMA) as part of the FY 2019 Native Chicken Project of the Department of Agriculture-Special…
SURIGAO DEL SUR, July 8-9, 2020 - To expand the goat production in Surigao del Sur, the Department of Agriculture (DA) – Region 13 implemented a Php 4.5 million project under the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program for…
CARAGA, July 13-15, 2020- True to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s call to increase the country’s food supply at the height of the coronavirus disease 2019 (CoViD-19), the Department of Agriculture (DA) – Region 13 distributed corn seeds to 7 associations…
SURIGAO DEL SUR, June 29, 2020 - The Department of Agriculture (DA) – Region XIII delivered bags of open-pollinated variety (OPV) white corn seeds to five indigenous beneficiary associations of the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program in the…
The farmers remain steadfast and motivated to continually produce food for all despite the threats of the global pandemic, exhibiting the values of cooperation and solidarity among agriculture's frontliners. Regardless of the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in the…
AGUSAN DEL SUR, June 11, 2020 - Members of Ocao Farmers’ Association from the municipality of Rosario received 30 bags of inbred rice seeds from the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program – CARAGA worth Php 45,600.00 as part…
It was in January 9, 2020 when the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a novel coronavirus was identified by Chinese authorities. Subsequently, WHO declared COVID-19 as pandemic and considered as public emergency of international concern. Conditions incumbent on the…
PART 3: Livestock and poultry raising in urban and peri-urban areas Urban and peri-urban agriculture has existed in various forms and places for a long time. It was practiced in the Aztec and Mayan civilizations and in prehistoric Jericho. More…
In the past years, it seemed as if there was no hope for Ma. Cristina Plata and her family to live a fruitful life, until Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program intervened in May 2018. Ma. Cristina, or “Tinay”…
During one of the regular monitoring activities of the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD), a farmer-beneficiary caught the attention of the assigned Area Coordinator in Southern Leyte. Fifty-year-old Rolando G. Pelobueno of Brgy. Dao, Bontoc,…