CANTANDUANES AND MASBATE, June 1, 2020 - Despite the current pandemic and unrest brought by the COVID-19, the Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) of Region 5 continues to fulfill its promise of helping the farmers from the remote islands…
DAVAO DE ORO, May 28, 2020 – Ensuring food supply and livelihood to 11 covered municipalities in the province, the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Region 11 concluded the month-long distribution of 2,000 bags of…
BOHOL, June 1, 2020 - 60 individual farmers from Pres. Carlos P. Garcia will benefit from the Php 1.8 million check that the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program – DA Region 7 turned-over to Bohol Mayor Fernando B.…
SARANGANI, May 29, 2020 – Forty percent of Sarangani’s population is composed of indigenous tribes – the Blaan, Tboli, and Tagakaulo. A total of 210 Indigenous People (IP) beneficiaries received open-pollinated variety (OPV) white corn seeds from the Special Area for…
NORTH COTABATO, May 26, 2020 - Twenty (20) farmers from Barangay Sitio New Leon in the Municipality of Aleosan benefited from the Upland Rice Production Project of the Special Area for Agricultural Development Program (SAAD) – DA Region 12 under…
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…
BUKIDNON, May 28, 2020 – The Lorega Ancestral Management and Development for All Generation (LAMDAG), with 50 indigenous People (IP) members, received various livestock worth Php 346,000 from the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program of the Department of…
SARANGANI - May 15-19, 2020 – A total 150 Sarangani farmers expressed their gratitude to the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program as they received Php 1.5 million worth of 3,000 Muscovy ducks. The ducks are part of the Integrated…
Sultan Kudarat, May 19 – 20, 2020 — Mindanao is known with excellent quality and high antioxidant properties of their traditional upland rice varieties. Given this trademark, the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program…
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…