BACKGROUND Northern Samar is considered a second-class province where communities in the rural and marginalized areas are usually engaged in farming. About 69% or 243,084 hectares (ha) of the province land are agricultural areas where coconut ranks first as the…
LEYTE, May 27, 2022 – A farmers association (FA) in Baybay, Leyte now supplies a leading pastries bakeshop in the locality, thanks to the Egg Layer Production Project of the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD)…
EASTERN SAMAR, April 29, 2022 – Farmers from Can-avid, Eastern Samar, a remote and identified End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) area were granted the Ginger Production Project from the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD)…
SAMAR, April 22, 2022 – The Department of Agriculture- Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Egg Layer and Vegetable Production project benefits a farmers’ association (FA) to recoup from the effects of African Swine Fever (ASF). The Dagum Chicken Egg…
EASTERN SAMAR, April 13, 2022 - Three (3) Farmers’ Associations (FAs) located in barangays identified as End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) areas received cassava production inputs from the Department of Agriculture- Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA- SAAD) Program…
SIQUIJOR, April 8, 2022 - The Department of Agriculture- Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program Deputy Director Ulysses J. Lustria, Jr. visits various SAAD beneficiaries in Siquijor to conduct monitoring and documentation of farmers’ success stories for the annual…
SOUTHERN LEYTE, March 24, 2022 - The Department of Agriculture- Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA- SAAD) Region 8 jumpstarts 2022 programs by facilitating Leadership Training for fifteen (15) Farmers Associations (FAs) in Southern Leyte. The FAs were identified to…
NORTHERN SAMAR, March 17, 2022 – Interventions received by three (3) farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) from the Department of Agriculture- Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) aid farmers towards the goal of food sustainability in the province. Mapanas is…
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, March 14, 2022 - Impact assessment of projects is in motion among the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program’s beneficiaries in Occidental Mindoro led by state universities as program nears conclusion. SAAD MIMAROPA…
NEGROS ORIENTAL, March 11, 2022 – Through the FY 2021 Backyard Cattle Fattening project of the Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD), ten (10) farmers from Barangay Paniabonan Rural Improvement Club (BPRIC) earn an additional income of Php…