OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, September 27, 2022 - Continuous capacity building and agripreneurship training among the Mangyan Indigenous People (IP) beneficiaries are conducted by the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program emphasizing proper cultural management of cassava…
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, September 27, 2022- In preparation for Phase 2, the Department of Agriculture- Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) held consultation meetings for newly selected municipalities in Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga del Norte. The consultation…
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, June 24, 2022 - The Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program awarded livestock (caraheifer and goat) inputs worth Php 1,936,000.00 to Tao-Buhid and Alangan-Mangyan IP farmers. The three cassava-producing associations were benefitted from…
DAVAO DE ORO, February 17, 2022 – Forty (41) youth members of the Barangay Upper Ulip Tribal Youth Association (BUTYA) belonging to the Mandaya Tribe in Monkayo, Davao de Oro reported revenue of Php 89,654 after selling 577.36 kilograms (kg)…
SORSOGON, September 10, 2021 – Thirty-two (32) farmers belonging to the Agta Tabangnon community in Brgy. Gimagaan, Donsol Sorsogon completed a season-long Farmers’ Field School (FFS) on Vegetable Production Technology on September 8. All graduates are members of the Gimagaan…
KALINGA, September 10, 2021 – The Tongrayan Indigenous Peoples (IPs) of Tinglayan, Kalinga were awarded Php 10,800,100 worth of agricultural projects as livelihood assistance aimed at establishing community-based enterprises from the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) of the Department…
KALINGA, July 23, 2021 – Through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program, 280 units of pond culture livelihood packages were distributed to indigenous fisherfolk communities in Kalinga from June 29…
DAVAO DE ORO, December 11, 2020 - Farmers belonging to the Mandaya indigenous people (IP) community of Brgy. Mangayon, Compostela received implements from the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program Region 11’s Native Chicken…
“Development by the people, of the people, and for the people,” - Angelito Manalili (1990) The need to empower the indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) or Indigenous Peoples (IPs) is a must if we want them to truly develop. The SAAD…
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, OCTOBER 09, 2020 – In line with the government’s anti-poverty program, the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Region 4B turned-over a total of Php 3,245,750.00 worth of farm equipment and tools to 6…