A mother of two and wife of a farmer, Nerissa G. Gepitulan, from Linamon, Lanao del Norte (LDN) earned more than Php 39,000 from selling swine, a livelihood provided by the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area Agricultural Development…
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, August 3, 2021 – Two indigenous Mangyan farmers’ associations (FA) in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro received the first set of caraheifer (female carabaos) comprising 35 heads from the Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD)…
BACKGROUND Laua-an is a 4th class municipality in Antique at about 55.10 kilometers away from the province’s main commercial center – San Jose. Farming is the major occupation in Laua-an and fishing is the secondary source of income. About 2,280.49 hectares are devoted…
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…
CATANDUANES, July 26, 2021 - Two women-led farmers’ associations under the Department of Agriculture (DA) – Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program are set to participate in the season-long Farmer’s Field School (FFS) on Vegetable Production Technology to enhance…
SORSOGON, July 23, 2021 – Jenelita Alisoso, a mother of four in Sta. Magdalena, Sorsogon, earned Php 33,300 from the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program’s swine production. Jenelita is also a barangay police…
MASBATE, July 30, 2021 – A couple in Masbate found extra income and access to fresh, nutritious food as they engage in the Department of Agriculture - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program’s vegetable production project. Allan Gemino, 44…
Alejandro Quimno, 42, has been planting vegetables for the past four years in his 1,250 square meters’ land. He and his wife were from Zamboanga del Sur and some time in 2019, they moved back to his hometown, Aloran in…
DAVAO DE ORO, July 23, 2021 - Eighty (80) members from two farmers’ associations (FAs) received 80 upgraded goats from the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Region 11 to kickstart the program’s 2021 upgraded goat production project. The upgraded…
OCCIDENTAL MINDORO, July 16, 2021 – The Department of Agriculture – Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) Program conducted a 4-day cassava production and marketing training for 60 indigenous people (IP) farmers in Magsaysay. The participants, who are members of…