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![SAAD distributes carabaos to 60 Bohol farmers](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bohol-6.jpg)
SAAD distributes carabaos to 60 Bohol farmers
BOHOL, March 30, 2020 – The Department of Agriculture (DA) Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) ...
![Zamboanga del Norte SAAD FAs marketed 3,500 chickens during GCQ](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/zdn-7.jpg)
Zamboanga del Norte SAAD FAs marketed 3,500 chickens during GCQ
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, April 15, 2020 - A total of 3,500 head of broiler chicken from the farmers’ associations ...
![SAAD Region 9 staff initiates fundraising for 300 underprivileged families in Zamboanga City during ECQ](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SAAD-Region-9-staff-conduct-fundraising-for-underprivileged-families-in-the-province-18.jpg)
SAAD Region 9 staff initiates fundraising for 300 underprivileged families in Zamboanga City during ECQ
ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 15-16, 2020 – The Department of Agriculture (DA) – Special Area for Agricultural ...
![Bangus fisherfolks harvested 1.455 tons in Bohol](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/92789085_2636758416605353_5715426986399105024_o.jpg)
Bangus fisherfolks harvested 1.455 tons in Bohol
BOHOL, April 11-12, 2020 – Fisherfolk beneficiaries of the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) ...
![Partnership is the key for food accessibility and affordability amid COVID-19 in Sulu](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Sulu-9.jpg)
Partnership is the key for food accessibility and affordability amid COVID-19 in Sulu
SULU, April 16, 2020 - The Department of Agriculture (DA) - Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) ...
![SAAD refocuses its 2020 activities for immediate impact to sustain PH’s food security amid COVID-19](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/DSC04101-scaled.jpg)
SAAD refocuses its 2020 activities for immediate impact to sustain PH’s food security amid COVID-19
METRO MANILA, April 12, 2020 – President Rodrigo Duterte imposed the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon ...
![SAAD implementers serve as DA’s COVID-19 frontliners in NorMin](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/3-1.jpg)
SAAD implementers serve as DA’s COVID-19 frontliners in NorMin
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Notwithstanding life-threatening risks, SAAD Region 10 implementers served as the Department ...
![More SAAD Sorsogon farmers earn money amidst COVID-19 pandemic](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1-1.jpg)
More SAAD Sorsogon farmers earn money amidst COVID-19 pandemic
SORSOGON PROVINCE, April 6, 2020 – As the Department of Agriculture (DA) rolls its Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita on Wheels ...
![SAAD distributes vegetable seeds in support to DA Region 10’s ALPAS Kontra sa Covid 19](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1-scaled.jpg)
SAAD distributes vegetable seeds in support to DA Region 10’s ALPAS Kontra sa Covid 19
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, April 2, 2020 – The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program´s first ...
![Seeds without Borders: A new normal for Philippine agricultural development](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Seeds-without-Borders-1.jpg)
Seeds without Borders: A new normal for Philippine agricultural development
Philippines is still an agriculture-based economy where majority of its population lives in rural areas with ...
![SAAD Sorsogon farmers sell produce in Kadiwa outlet during COVID-19 pandemic](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/90653892_1108816896154235_2786729898683662336_n.jpg)
SAAD Sorsogon farmers sell produce in Kadiwa outlet during COVID-19 pandemic
SORSOGON, March 23, 2020 - The Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program of Bicol Region visited ...
![Bilanghoy: “Poor man’s crop” no more](https://saad.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Bilanghoy-poor-mans-crop-no-more-1.png)
Bilanghoy: “Poor man’s crop” no more
Bilanghoy (Waray term for cassava) was once considered a “lowly” crop and cultivated mainly by smallholder farmers ...