DAVAO DE ORO, DECEMBER 17, 2020 - The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Davao de Oro completed its upgraded goat production project for FY 2020 through its final delivery in the municipality of Laak. With the program’s culmination, a…
MASBATE, BICOL, DECEMBER 17, 2020 - Still under rehabilitation, the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Masbate rice farmers harvested a combined total of 1,350 bags (59.52 t) palay in the last quarter of 2020 from the Rice Production Package…
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, December 4, 2020 – The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Mountain Province eyed the Channeg Farmer’s Association (CFA) as one of the leading egg distributors as it is the first farmers’ organization engaged in the Department of Agriculture’s…
QUEZON CITY, December 10, 2020 - Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary for Operations and Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program Steering Committee (PSC) Chairperson USec Ariel T. Cayanan recommended upscaling the SAAD beneficiaries to promote livelihood sustainability. “Mag upscaling…
TADIAN, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, December 9, 2020 – The Tadian Farmers, Fisherfolk and Irrigators Association’s (TAFFIA) twin tank village-type fish hatchery located in Luk-eb Calacaban, Tue, Tadian provided by the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program of the Bureau of…
TAGAYTAY CITY, December 16, 2020 - The Department of Agriculture (DA) Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program served 23,534 farmers and fisherfolk during the FY 2020 program implementation in its 30 priority provinces. The SAAD Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation…
DAVAO DE ORO, December 11, 2020 - Farmers belonging to the Mandaya indigenous people (IP) community of Brgy. Mangayon, Compostela received implements from the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program Region 11’s Native Chicken…
“Development by the people, of the people, and for the people,” - Angelito Manalili (1990) The need to empower the indigenous cultural communities (ICCs) or Indigenous Peoples (IPs) is a must if we want them to truly develop. The SAAD…
A Success Story through Cassava-Corn-Peanut Farming in Sulu Atat Alih, a 68-year-old farmer from Brgy. Tubod, Talipao, Sulu, is thankful for the income he makes through the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program’s Diversified…
December 10, 2020– Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program beneficiaries from 11 farmers’ associations (FA) earned Php 51,732 during the “Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita, Locally Sourced: A Gardening & Fresh Local Produce Fair” organized by the Department of…