Envisioning to make Caraga Region a sustainable supplier of high quality, safe, fresh and processed vegetables, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga expanded its reach in teaching the right technology to include not just the farmers but its personnel and the local government unit as partners/stakeholders of this endeavor.

With this, a two-day training on Lowland Vegetable Production and Bulb Onion Production was conducted at RAFTITTI, Inc., Cuarinta, San Jose, Province of Dinagat Islands on September 7 to 8, 2023.

Romer Sarceda Amante, vegetable coordinator of DA-Caraga said that the activity aimed to transfer the technical knowledge and capacitate DA’s workforce for the sustainable development of the vegetable industry in the region.
Twenty-five (technical staff from the Operations Division including Special Projects specifically 4K and SAAD, two from the Provincial Agriculture Office of Dinagat Islands and six representatives from the different municipalities in the island province participated in the training.

Equipped with the knowledge and skills, the trained staff can now augment in the tasks of cascading new farming technologies to the farmers. (DA-Caraga/PIA-PDI)