Agri-10 provides DILG X veggie seeds for its HAPAG project.

 

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – To intensify the capacities of barangays through sustainable agriculture, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) headed by Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado, granted the Department of the Interior and Local Government Region X (DILG X) 50 packets of assorted vegetable (pinakbet, sinigang) seeds on June 16, 2023 at the agency compound, this city.

Funded under the High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP), said provision is in support of DILG X’s regional launching of the Halina’t Magtanim ng Prutas at Gulay (HAPAG) sa Barangay Project on June 19, 2023.

Said distribution aims to sustain the advocacy of said project and further promote active community participation and public awareness through the establishment of community gardens in barangays.

The seed packets were handed over by DA-10 Regional Technical Director for Research and Regulations Cora A. Dumayaca and Field Operations Division chief Luz I. Guzman, PhD to DILG X Administrative Assistant Karen Nicole A. Casiño.# (RDMElloren)