QUEZON CITY, March 2, 2020 – The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) expressed its support to provide agricultural assistance to the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program rice production project beneficiaries in Eastern Samar in a meeting held…
Farmers are a special breed of people who don’t get enough credit for what they do. They subject themselves to the hard labor of going out every day to tend to their farms, slaving away at blistering heats just get…
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, January 22, 2020 – The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program in Mountain Province turns over etag chamber in Ankileng, Sagada and compost shed in Catengan, Besao. An Igorot food delicacy, etag, is cured and aged small…
If one plans to start or has started raising chickens for egg production, one needs to understand flock production capabilities. In this article, we will share how our SAAD farmer-beneficiaries, who received the Layer Chicken Egg Production Project, manage and…
DIPOLOG CITY - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Provincial Coordinator (PC) of Zamboanga del Norte (ZaNorte), Ronilo Dusaban, revealed that the program’s partnership with the Pamansalan Eco-Tech High School and farmers’ associations in Barangay Diwan would encourage the youth…
Sixty-six-year-old Kalinga beneficiary Maximo W. Wallis thanks the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) – Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program for the additional livelihood he received, the tilapia culture production. Mr. Wallis is a rice farmer from…
AGUSAN DEL SUR, 3 February 2020 – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in CARAGA Region (BFAR-13) distributed 30 units of brand new fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) paddle boats, which were funded by the Special Area for Agricultural…
BANGLADESH AND INDIA, January 27 to February 1, 2020 – A six-member delegation from the Philippines joined a learning visit to Dhaka, Bangladesh and New Delhi, India to explore Regional Cooperation in Seed Sector. The International Potato Center (CIP) organized…
TACLOBAN CITY, 31 January 2020 – In her report, National Economic Development Agency (NEDA) VIII Officer-in-Charge Regional Director Meylene C. Rosales said that the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program contributed to the decrease in poverty of the Eastern…
BOHOL, 28 January 2020 — The Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Regional Program Management Support Office (RPMSO) 7 awarded a total of Php 7.2 million worth of cheques to four municipalities during the 20th…