LUNA, Apayao—The Department of Agriculture’s Special Area for Agricultural Development has started to implement various livelihood as well as agri-based programs to benefit farming communities and their families in this province.
Different interventions, such as the distribution of seedlings, will be done after the organization, registration, and training of the target beneficiaries, to address the needs of beneficiaries.
Prior to the meeting of the council, the team conducted a four-day orientation and planning workshop on the SAAD program implementation at DA-RFO-CAR.
They were able to prepare four (4) training designs: Slope Agricultural Land Technology (SALT); Livelihood Training on Livestock Production and Marketing; Swine Production for fattening, and Vegetable Production.
Also, two project proposals were prepared, the Establishment of Chicken Layer Production Facility and, Livelihood Vegetable Production. A SAAD forum per municipality down to cluster barangays was also planned.
The survey of qualified family-beneficiaries is ongoing in the different municipalities of Apayao and is expected to be completed this month.
Warlito Madamba, project coordinator of Apayao, said the purpose of the survey is to properly determine the livelihood interests of the target beneficiaries including their economic status.
A Planning Workshop and Consultation with stakeholders attended by the seven municipalities with one representative from the 4Ps beneficiaries and the different national line agencies was held recently in Luna, Apayao.
Results of the SWOT analysis for SAAD conducted last year and the presentation of the 2017 WFP will be presented for further discussions.
The SAAD is implemented in the Cordillera through its Regional Project Management Team headed by Dr. Lorenzo M. Caranguian, regional executive director-DA as project management director and Engineer Danilo P. Daguio, regional technical director for pperations-DA as deputy project management director and the organization of the Provincial Project Team with Prudencio Bosing, provincial agriculturist-Apayao as chairman.
