The Department of Agriculture-team AMIA XI successfully conducted its Inception Meeting and Project Orientation and Farmers Profiling in the Municipalities of Tarragona & San Isidro, Davao Oriental last November 9-10, 2022.

The event commenced with an Inception meeting attended by Honorable Samuel Uy, Mayor of Municipality of Tarragona, Davao Oriental, Municipal Agriculture Office of Tarragona headed by OIC-MAO Henrietta Sombadon, RA, MPA, Provincial Agriculture Office representative Josefa Mejos, AMIA focal – Davao Oriental and AMIA XI Team led by Ms. Lilybeth A. Panolino, Project leader. The objective was to discuss the background of the AMIA Program with the Local Chief Executive before establishing CRA technologies, production, and product development services for the selected Farmer Association- Ayawan Farmer Association (AFA).

On the second day, Project Orientation and Farmers’ Profiling activity was done with the help of Mr. Celestino D. Boldo, Jr., DVM, and technical staff from the Municipal Agriculture Office of San Isidro. This activity was participated by 69 farmers who are members of PROFTECT, a farmer association of Barangay Talisay– that embraces the organic way of farming. They underwent a one-on-one interview and as a result, it has been assessed that some of these farmers are also fisherfolks.

The next activities are Area validation and Participatory Climate Resilient Vulnerability Assessment (PCRVA).