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Secretary Dar leads SAAD Saga in EV
“You are the heroes in the countryside – farmers and fisherfolk,” Department of Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said during the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Saga Partner’s Forum at the Oriental Hotel, Palo, Leyte, on October 25, 2019.
As part of SAAD Program’s package of interventions, a series of trainings in the five-covered provinces are lined up for the month of September to November 2019. Targeted participants are farmer-beneficiaries, associations, PLGU/MLGU staff who are directly involved in program implementation, and R/PPMSO staff.
Leyte farmers finish High Value Vegetable Production Broadcast Course
A total of 252 farmers from the different municipalities in the Province of Leyte graduated from the broadcast course, University-On-The-Air on High Value Vegetable Production last Tuesday, October 8, at the Leyte Academic Center, Palo, Leyte.
EV aggie industry takes center stage in 2019 Agrilink
Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 8 (DA RFO 8) featured some of Eastern Visayas’ top agricultural commodities during the 26th Agrilink, which opened at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, today.
Broadcast Treeing in Tacloban draws huge crowd; DA-RFO 8 joins this yearly event
Twelve-member delegates from the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 8 joined the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipinas (KBP), including more or less 800 participants from other national government agencies, media, academe, local government units, civil society organizations, the military and Philippine National Police actively participated in this morning’s (September 28, 2019) tree planting activity held at Brgy. Camansihay, Tacloban City.
GSPB-Visayas opens office in Tacloban
Bringing public service closer to the People has been the core advocacy and mission of Gabay Sa Pag-unlad ng Bayan (GSPB), a non-government organization formed prior to the 2016 national election, is known as a staunch supporter of the development agenda of President Rodrigo R. Duterte.
FEATURE ARTICLES
From learner to preacher: Albert Tampus advocates the use of Bio Gas Digester
“I am happy to share what I know. I will be happier to see more farmers like me having better lives with reduced expenses and saving the world mitigate pollution,” Albert Tampus, 52, said.
Hybrid Rice Farmer in Leyte Rises
Born and raised in the rural area of Barangay Cabangkalan, Sta. Fe, Leyte and getting to grips with manual and conventional rice production was initially a “toxic job” for 49-year old Lorenzo C. Caca, Jr.
Nature’s twist of events has it that five (5) years after super typhoon Yolanda’s fatal giant waves wreaked havoc in Brgy. San Antonio, Basey, Samar, it is now the farmers’ turn to make waves in backyard livestock production.
Qualities of a Good SAAD Farmer’s Association
Since September 2018, the Regional Program Management Support Office (RPMSO) 8 has undertaken the status monitoring of different interventions provided to farmer-beneficiaries. During these field visits, the Monitoring Team has cursorily but keenly observed certain attributes of associations situated in SAAD-covered areas in Region 8 that, when taken together, would ideally make them stand out above the rest.
Nothing beats a mother’s motivation than her family’s welfare. It is of paramount importance that the basic needs of her family, such as food, clothing, shelter, and education of the children, are met, even if it means sacrificing some of her comforts.
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