The Department of Agriculture – Regional Project Coordination Office headed by OIC- Regional Executive Director Renato P. Manantan spearheaded the conduct of five-day PRDPInformation Caravanfor the provinces and municipalities all over the region to update and reorient the Local Chief Executives (LCE) about the Project. Organized by the Information, Advocacy, Communication and Education (InfoACE) Unit, continue reading : DA- Caraga Reorients LCEs on PRDP

To recognize the schools that exerted extra effort in implementing the Gulayan sa Paaralan Program (GPP) and pursue its advocacy, the Department of Agriculture Caraga conducted the 2015 GPP Best Schools Implementers Awarding Ceremony last July 13 in Butuan City. GPP is a school vegetable gardening project that aims to address hunger and malnutrition problem. continue reading : DA Caraga Recognizes Partner Schools for GPP

There are three things to improve productivity in cacao – knowledge, hard work, and attitude. This is according to Valentine D. Turtur, Executive Director of Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao, Inc. (CIDSAMI) as said during the Regional Cacao Industry Promotion and Investment Forum cum Planning workshop on June 22 in Butuan City. Cacao is continue reading : DA To Strengthen Cacao Industry

  To monitor and evaluate the implementation of projects, the Department of Agriculture Caraga through the Special Projects Section conducted the Bottom Up Budgeting (BUB) and PAMANA Program Mid-Year Assessment and Coordination Meeting. The activity was conducted in two batches June 27 to 29 here in Butuan City. Batch 1 was attended by representatives from continue reading : DA Pushes for Completion of BUB and PAMANA Projects

  The Department of Agriculture-13 in partnership with the Local Government Unit of Surigao del Norte and Winrock International officially opens the 31M Agri-Pinoy Trading Center in Dapa, Siargao Island. 413 farmers and 14 groups of fishers in 8 municipalities of the island would benefit from the project. Fruits, vegetables, root crops and fishery products continue reading : DA-13 launches 31M Agri-Pinoy Trading Center in Siargao

  To help corn farmers attain premium quality of their produce, the Department of Agriculture Caraga turned-over another Village Type Corn Postharvest Processing Center to the farmers through the local government unit of Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte last June 1, 2016. The second unit established in the said town and third in the region, continue reading : DA Caraga Turns-over Modern Corn Drying Facility to Agusan Farmers

Philippine Rural Development Project–National Project Coordination Office (PRDP-NPCO) reports that Caraga’s approved infrastructure and enterprise subprojects have already reached a total of P 982,605,907. Intensified Building-Up of Infrastructure and Logistics for Development (I-BUILD) Component which aims to put in place strategic and climate-resilient rural infrastructure facilities along the value chain got the bulk of this continue reading : Caraga’s PRDP Approved Projects Rises to P982 Million