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DSWD backs six-year extension of DA s SAAD program

Published January 25, 2021, 9:26 AM The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is backing the proposed six-year extension of the implementation of the Department of Agriculture’s Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) Program from 2023 to 2028.  DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista said they rallied behind House Resolution No. 1421, principally authored by Masbate 2nd District Rep. Elisa “Olga” Kho, chairperson of the House Committee on Rural Development. “The DSWD, as the government agency mandated to provide social welfare program with the goal of reducing poverty incidence and improving the quality of life, which is also one of the goals in AmBisyon 2040, believes that the extension of the implementation of the Department of Agriculture’s Special Area for Agricultural Development Program beyond 2022 will further help the poor, vulnerable, and disadvantaged sectors who are greatly affected by the pandemic,” he said in a letter to the Kho panel  da

Agric stakeholders push for national adoption of IITA Six Steps toolkit and improved varieties for cassava transformation

Agric stakeholders push for national adoption of IITA “Six Steps” toolkit and improved varieties for cassava transformation DEC 31, 2020 Agricultural stakeholders and policymakers in Nigeria are calling for the adoption of the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management &Best Planting Practices toolkit that was developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA); and the use of improved cassava varieties, to increase cassava productivity in the country. The stakeholders reached the agreement at a one-day meeting tagged, “Addressing the yield gap in cassava during COVID-19 era: The role of Cassava Seed System and the Six Steps to Weed Management & Best Planting Practices of AKILIMO”, held on Tuesday at the Conference Centre of IITA in Ibadan.

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