Since the implementation of the National Greening Program in 2011, Carood Watershed is the priority area in the comprehensive site development (CSD) and support facilities which include the small farm reservoir (SFR) with the aim of providing water for NGP established plantations and profiling of inland wetlands. Activities include: 1.National Greening Program (NGP) – 7,257.20 continue reading : DENR ACTIVITIES IN CAROOD WATERSHED MODEL FOREST CONVERGENCE AREA
Covering a total area of 83,884 hectares, the Muleta watershed is located in the Upper River Basin of Bukidnon, specifically in the southwestern part of the province and extending to Carmen town in North Cotabato covering 79,029 hectares and 4,855 hectares, respectively. The watershed traverses the municipalities of Pangantucan, Talakag, Maramag, Don Carlos, Dangcagan, Kitaotao, continue reading : DA-DAR-DENR-DILG STAKEHOLDERS IN NORTHERN MINDANAO CONVERGE FOR MULETA WATERSHED PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
The Carood Watershed has taken shape through the years primarily because of the people who managed it since 2003 and the regional convergence initiatives’ efforts to develop the watershed areas. The Carood Watershed Model Forest Management Council (CWMFMC) was established not for political reasons but to address the concerns of the seven municipalities in Bohol, continue reading : SHAPING THE CAROOD WATERSHED INTO A SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL CONVERGENCE INITIATIVE
On October 19, 2021, the Departments of Agriculture (DA), Agrarian Reform (DAR), Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and the Interior and Local Government (DILG) launched the Tayak Adventure, Nature, and Wildlife (TANAW) de Rizal Convergence Area Development. It is a twenty-four (24) hectare agro-eco-tourism park project under the National Convergence Initiative for Sustainable Rural Development continue reading : DA-DAR-DENR-DILG LAUNCHES THE TANAW DE RIZAL CONVERGENCE AREA
Undoubtedly, the Carood Watershed Convergence in Central Visayas is one of the most dynamic convergence projects in the country. It has been operating to diminish the seven municipalities’ recurrent concerns that hound the watershed for decades. Back in 2003, the common problem of seasonal flooding and the recurring issues of forest plantation fires, unsustainable farming continue reading : Carood Watershed Convergence Area
“Malaki ang pasasalamat namin sa Department of Agriculture dahil hindi lang kami binigyan ng isda kung hindi tinuruan din kami kung paano mangisda,” Henry Michael “Boy” Doliguez said. A nurse turned farmer and president of Kalipunan ng mga Magsasaka ng Patnongon (KAMAPAT), Henry Michael “Boy” Doliguez, relayed that their primary aim is to shift farmers’ continue reading : Convergence Initiatives drove farm org KAMAPAT to transform Patnongon
Before implementing the NCI-SRD Convergence Area Development Plan (CADP) in the municipality of Castilla in Sorsogon, the area was surrounded by communities composed ofupland dwellers, farmers, and fisherfolk who were considered adequately poor and lacking environmental awareness. The people were not trained to follow proper solid waste disposal protocols and were prone to practice illegal continue reading : NCI-SRD Uplifts Community Spirit: Sorsogon CADP a success
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) distributed farm production inputs under farm productivity assistance to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (Component 2) and livelihood support for rural women in a crisis situation (Component 3) to 34 qualified ARBs from two ARBOs in the municipality of Barbaza, Antique. PARPO II Florentino D. Siladan led the project distribution held continue reading : ARBS from Barbaza Receive Farm Inputs from DAR
TUNGAWAN, ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 9 (DA RFO 9) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources RFO 9 (DENR RFO 9) have conducted an information and education campaign (IEC) on the Water Code of the Philippines (PD 1067) and the DA Corn Program to continue reading : Farmers, BLGUs—Target Audience of Agriculture & Environment IEC Campaigns in Zamboanga Peninsula Convergence Areas
The pandemic even tightened the commitment of the RCI Central Visayas to deliver the programs and projects in order to achieve the two-pronged goal of the NCI-SRD— reduce poverty and increase the income of farmers and fisherfolk. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the RCI Central Visayas extends programs to the farmers and constituents of the Carood continue reading : Central Visayas Renews Commitment to Carood Watershed During the Pandemic
