P34-M FMR expands agri commodities
By Fretcher
Magatao
ESPERANZA,
Agusan del Sur, Nov. 9 - The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural
Development Project (DA-PRDP) has recently turned-over the P34-million
farm-to-market road (FMR) to Esperanza, Agusan del Sur.
The
2.9-kilometer Lumbia-Mabao FMR directly benefits 3,036 individuals or 885
farming households. This intervention from the government is built to support
the Rubber industry in the province and the farmers planting high-value crops
in the locality.
“All
of us have worked so hard for the realization of this project. We will make
sure that this road will be preserved up to 100 years so that many generations
can benefit,” said Esperanza Mayor Leonida Manpatilan.
Manpatilan
said that the LGU is working hard to develop not just the corn industry but also
the high-value crops that many farmers are also planting. “This road creates a
good reason and zeal to produce more,” said Manpatilan.
DA
Caraga Regional Director Abel James Monteagudo shared that the government is
working hard to support the farmers with not just road for easy transportation
of agricultural produce, but also to equip the farmers and farmers’
associations with the necessary tools and equipment to increase production.
Sitios
Lumbia and Mabao are the areas in Barangay Dakutan where some farmers also
plant rubber trees other than just growing corn. “The seemingly isolated area
before is now a place of production with many farmers planting corn, high-value
crops and rubber trees,” said Barangay Captain Rolando Jaum.
The
turn-over activity was participated by the DA-PRDP team in the region,
Provincial Project Management Implementing Unit (PPMIU) of Agusan del Sur
headed by Deanna Fudalan, LGU-Esperanza officials headed by Mayor Manpatilan,
Barangay Dakutan officials and the farmers in the area.
DA-PRDP’s
Infrastructure Component helps the producers, traders and the rural population
through constructing FMRs, bridges, irrigation and potable water systems that
are identified in the value chains of the products or commodities of the
province or region. (DA-13/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
90 residents participate in DSWD-Caraga’s KAP
survey
By Abegail
R. Alvarez
PROSPERIDAD,
Agusan del Sur, Nov. 9 - A total of 90 residents of Barangay Patin-ay of this
municipality had recently participated in the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice
(KAP) Survey conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD)-Caraga through the Social Marketing Section (SMS).
KAP
Survey is a form of communication research that enables social marketers to
determine the strengths and weaknesses of the communication tactics employed by
the Department directly from the stakeholders.
The
survey, which was given to 45 4Ps beneficiaries and 45 non-4Ps beneficiaries,
aimed to determine the awareness of the stakeholders on DSWD’s core programs
(Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps, Sustainable Livelihood Program,
and Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of
Social Services or Kalahi-CIDSS), and the basic services such as Assistance to
Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP),
among others.
Seventy
(equal number of 4Ps and non-4Ps respondents) answered a five-page
questionnaire with the help of the SMS staff who served as data collectors.
The
questionnaire focused on stakeholders’ knowledge on DSWD programs and services
and described their attitude towards DSWD’s performance in delivering programs
and services to the community.
The
other 20 participants participated in the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) later in
the afternoon where the SMS staff listened to a more in-depth discussion with
the respondents.
Social
Marketing Service-Communication Development and Research Divisions (SMS-CDRD)
shall consolidate the accomplished survey forms and perform analysis on the
data gathered.
The
result of the survey and FGD will serve as basis for the SMS in enhancing its
communication strategy ang in making it more effective and efficient to the
community.
Responsible
for undertaking advocacy, social marketing, and networking activities, the SMS
conducts the KAP survey annually to ensure that messages embodied in the
vision, mission, and goal of the Department are effectively communicated to the
general public. (Social Marketing Section/DSWD Field Office Caraga/PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
AgSur NC II holders receive SMAW project starter
kits
PROSPERIDAD,
Agusan del Sur, Nov. 9 - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Agusan
del Sur Provincial Office has recently released P1-million worth of Shielded
Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) Project Starter Kits including welding machine and
accessories to 75 unemployed youth National Certificate (NC)-II holders.
The
project was conceptualized through the collaboration of the DOLE, Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Provincial Public
Employment Service Office of Agusan del Sur.
“Dako
kaayo among pasalamat isip mga un-employed youth nga na hatagan og prebelihiyo
nga makadawat ani nga project. Dako kaayo ning tabang para maka tukod kami og
gamay nga negosyo nga welding shop. Isip graduate sa TESDA og Shielded Metal
Arc Welding magamit jud namo among abilidad sa pag welding para maka income
kami og maka tabang sa among mga pamilya. Isa pud ni nga rason nga dili na kami
mo langyaw pa og laing nasod para manarbaho as welder kay naa naman me
kaugalingon nga machine nga magamit para sa among etukod nga welding shop (As
unemployed youth, we are very much grateful to be recipients of this project.
This project will be very helpful for us to establish our own small business
which is a welding shop. Now, we can make profit from what we have learned as a
Shielded Metal Arc welding graduates of TESDA. We do not have to work abroad
because we now have our own welding shop),” Valent E. Lopez, one of the
beneficiaries said.
The
turnover ceremony was attended by DOLE Caraga Regional Director Chona M.
Mantilla, CESO III, DOLE Agusan del Sur Provincial Head Jocelyn L. Bastareche,
DILEEP Focal Maximo C. Magallen, Jr., Sanguniang Panlalawigan Member Hon.
Santiago B. Cane, Jr., TESDA Provincial Director Braulio P. Dela PeΓ±a, Jr. and
Provincial Agusan del Sur PESO Manager Divina P. Lagumbay.
DOLE-Integrated
Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) aims to help the informal
sectors in the entire region to generate income through this program from the
Department. (DOLE-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Mga magsasaka sa Caraga, tumanggap ng titulo ng
lupa at mga kagamitan
By
Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN
CITY, Nob. 9 (PIA) - Bakas ang tuwa ng mga farmers sa Caraga region nang
kanilang natanggap ang Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) mula sa
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Caraga para sa kanilang sinasakahang lupa.
Maliban
doon ay tumanggap din sila ng mga makinarya at equipment na ibinahagi sa kanila
mula sa DAR Caraga sa ilalim ng Agrarian Reform Community Economic Support
Services at Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Project, sa tulong na
rin ni President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
Nasa
575 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBS) ang nakatanggap ng CLOA sa probinsya
ng Surigao del Norte; 796 sa Agusan del Sur; 263 sa Surigao del Sur; 242 sa
Dinagat Islands; at 221 sa Agusan del Norte. May kabuuang 2,310 na CLOA sa
2,097 na ARBs ang naibigay sa Caraga region.
Ibat-ibang
kooperatiba sa rehiyon ang tumanggap ng tig-iisang unit ng 4WD tractor na
makatutulong sa kanilang pagsasaka at nang mapalago pa ang kanilang livelihood
sa pang-araw-araw.
Kabilang
dito ang Jamafo Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative sa Kitcharao, Agusan
del Norte; Oil Palm Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperative sa Butuan City; Magaud
Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Cooperative sa Loreto at Gamao Multi-Purpose
Cooperative ng Bayugan City, Agusan sel Sur; Cantapoy Agrarian Reform
Beneficiaries Cooperative sa Malimono at Ima Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
Association ng Sison, Surigao del Norte; Balilaycar Farmers Marketing
Association ng Tago at Bayabas Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association ng
Bayabas, Surigao del Sur.
Maliban
sa forward tractor, ilan-ilang kooperatiba rin ang tumanggap ng tig-iisang unit
ng combined harvester at mechanical rice transplanter. ANG Alipao Multi-Purpose
Cooperative (Almuco) Sa Alegria, Surigao Del Norte; San Isidro Multi-Purpose
Cooperative (Simpuco) Sa Gigaquit; Maging Ang Rural Improvement Club Producers
Cooperative (Riproco) Sa Surigao City. KASALI RIN ANG Southern Agusan Seed
Producers Cooperative (SASEPCO) sa Trento, Agusan del Sur.
Ayon
kay DAR Secretary Atty. John Castriciones, nais ng Pangulong Duterte na
maiangat ang pamumuhay ng mga farmers, at mabawasan umano ang mga magsasakang
nabibiktima at naiinganyo ng mga teroristang npa na sumanib sa kanilang grupo
dahil ginagawa nilang dahilan ang kawalan ng maayos na programa at serbisyo
para sa magsasaka.
Laking
pasasalamat naman ni Daniel Viscaya, isang farmer sa Trento, Agusan del Sur kay
Pangulong Duterte sa pagbibigay halaga nito sa mga farmers.
Ibinahagi naman ni Edwin Tabano,
chairman ng Southern Agusan Seed Producer Cooperative sa Trento, Agusan del Sur
na malaking tulong ang naibigay sa kanilang makinarya sa pagsasaka at
kauna-unahang ayuda umano ito na kanilang natanggap mula sa gobyerno.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
