NORTHERN Mindanao Agriculture department has turned over P2.1 million worth of vegetable gardening materials to seventy farmer-beneficiaries of the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program, a report said Tuesday.
Each farmer-beneficiary from barangays Pendulonan and Poblacion of Poona Piagapo, Lanao del Norte was granted with assorted vegetable seeds, fertilizers and gardening materials on October 8, 2020.
The 5-in-1 vegetable seeds composed of ampalaya, okra, squash, string beans and eggplant, while gardening materials include hand rake, flat hand shovel, hand gloves, knapsack sprayer, water drum and plastic seedling tray.
DA-RFO 10 regional technical director for operations Carlota S. Madriaga said, the intervention aimed to augment farmers’ household income amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
SAAD is a special program of DA designed to empower and capacitate marginalized farmers in the country, according to Madriaga.
The turnover ceremony was graced by Mayor Muslima T. Macol, Municipal Agriculturist Nasif O. Mamarinta, barangay captains Jamilah L. Musa (Poblacion) and Monabe T. Fernando (Pendulonan) and SAAD representatives. (Angie Cabig/REBermundoDA-10)
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