Feature: Uplifting the lives of AgSur IPs through DA-Caraga’s 4K
BUTUAN CITY -- With its continued commitment to uplift the lives of Indigenous Peoples/IndIgeneous Cultural Communities (IP/ICCs), the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Caraga turned-over various livelihood projects amounting to P4.4 million in Rosario, Agusan del Sur on December 14, 2021.
Implemented under the Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran
ng Kababayang Katutubo (4Ks), the livelihood projects was turned over to the
officers and members of CAMMPACAMM or the Cabantao, Maligaya, Marfil ,
Panintingan, Caulisihan, Maputi, Masabong Ancestral Manobo Tribal Association.
CAMMPACAMM is a recipient of a goat
multiplier project that includes a goat house, perimeter fence and 22 heads doe
and buck; chicken multiplier with 4 units chicken house, and fence, 480
heads of hen and rooster as well as incubator; corn production project
inclusive of corn seeds, fertilizers, corn sheller, compact corn mill and
vegetable production project.
Regional Technical Director (RTD) for
Operations Rebecca Reyes Atega of DA-Caraga who graced the ceremonial turn-over
said that the livelihood projects aim to uplift the living conditions of the
tribal communities in the said municipality.
“Through the 4Ks, DA-Caraga is able to
extend realistic interventions for sustainable development to the IP/ICCs and
capacitate them to take part in the programs of the government,” Atega said.
In addition, the Rice Competitiveness
Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Component of the Philippine Center for
Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PhilMech) also turns over
agricultural equipment and machinery.
Mayor Jupiter Abulog expressed how grateful
he is and the whole tribal communities for the assistance given by the DA and
its attached agencies. He committed to help in terms of continuous monitoring
and seeing to it that these projects are being used properly and are being
sustained. (Aurelius Arais/DA-Caraga-RAFIS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
