BUKIDNON, June 1, 2020 – The Municipal Agriculturist Coleen Alva C. Ambos acknowledged the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) as an instrument to the agricultural development of San Fernando. The town was funded…
by Myer G. Mula, Ph.D. While we are aware that the coverage of the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program covers not only the 30 poorest of the poor provinces of the country but also are generally situated in…
Dalwangan, Malaybalay, Bukidnon, May 21, 2020 – Region 10 Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program turned-over more than Php 6.3 million farm machinery, equipment, and inputs to 10 farmer organizations and a local government unit…
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, May 14, 2020 - The Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program in Region 4B turned over 6 hand tractors and 470 kilograms (kgs) of mungbeans amounting to Php 1.045 million to two farmer and…
BOHOL, May 13, 2020 - The Local Government Unit (LGU) of the municipality of Mabini through Mayor Juanito L. Jayoma directly procured 320 kgs squash harvested by the three farmers of Barangay Minol namely: Domingo G. Ayade (184 kg); Remigio…
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, May 12-15, 2020 – The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) - CAR distributed in the province 300,000 tilapia fingerlings and 16 metric tons (640 bags) of feeds amounting…
NORTH COTABATO, May 12, 2020 - Farmer-beneficiaries of the Upland Rice Production Project were granted with 40 sacks of upland rice seeds, 40 sacks of urea, 30 sacks of complete fertilizers, 20 packs of pinakbet seeds (okra, eggplant, ampalaya, and…
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”…
DAVAO DE ORO, April 30, 2020 – A total of 736 farmers underwent validation and profiling for the 2020 project implementation of the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Regional Field Office (RFO) 11’s Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program…
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,…