The Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program in Central Visayas held two-day training sessions for 38 farmer groups in Bohol and Cebu from April 15 to May 9, 2025. The training covered important topics about how to build...
A successful farm requires more than just fertile soil and favorable weather. It truly flourishes when people work together, a lesson keenly embraced by forty (40) farmers on Maripipi Island, Biliran province. Held from April 8-11, 2025, the farmers completed a...
The Marketing Assistance and Enterprise Development (MAED) Subunit of the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) in SOCCSKSARGEN marks its 68.42% accomplishment of its annual monitoring target as of May 16, 2025. Progress of...
The Marketing Assistance and Enterprise Development (MAED) Unit of the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Caraga conducted a three-day monitoring visit to community-based enterprises (CBEs) in Dinagat Islands from May 20 to...
SAAD Caraga's Public Relations and Development Communication (PRDC) Unit presented its FY 2025 first quarter accomplishments during a strategic meeting organized by the Regional Agricultural and Fisheries Section (RAFIS) with DA Caraga's Regional Executive Director,...
To provide a boost to rural livelihoods of its beneficiaries, the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program turned over 7,000 abaca plantlets to farmers of Pigbaluyan Highland Farmers Association in Caburan Small, Jose...
The Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) held a Pre-Registration Seminar on cooperative membership and process for six farmers’ associations in the province of Dinagat Islands. The activity was conducted on May 8–9 and May...
The Barangay Takut Farmers' Association (BTFA) of Sto. Niño, Samar, earned a gross income of Php19,600 from their vegetable production project, funded by the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program. Composed of twenty...
With “SAAD, kaagapay sa maunlad na buhay” as its guiding principle, the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program continues to empower farmers' associations (FAs) not just through livelihood, but through unity, leadership,...
Emphasizing a sustained commitment to empowering the nation's agricultural backbone, Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program Director Ulysses J. Lustria Jr. reaffirmed the program’s dedication to equipping farmers with...