#CulminationActivity2023 | To cap the Farmers’ and Fisherfolk’s Month Celebration for May 2023, the Department of Agriculture (DA) XII awarded the distinguished farmers in Region XII, earlier today at the DA XII Grounds, Prime Regional Center XII, Koronadal City.

These are the following awardees:
High Value Crops Development Program: T’boli Vegetable Growers’ Association (T’boli, South Cotabato)
Rice: Budasan Communal Irrigators’ Association, Inc. (Makilala, Cotabato)
National Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Program: Christian Castañeda/Organikian Urban Farm
Livestock: Sta. Catalina Multi-purpose Cooperative (Pres. Roxas, Cotabato)
Dairy Milk Production: Bayliss Kurt Razo/Dairysquare Agri Trading
Organic Agriculture: Peples Action Liberative Agricultural Industry (PALAI) Inc. (Sto. Niño, South Cotabato)
Corn: Sarangani Vegetable Seed Growers Multipurpose Cooperative (SAVESGROW)
Special Area for Agricultural Development: Galilee Rural Improvement Club (Antipas Cotabato)

OIC-Assistant Regional Director Romel Patrick Tanghal, representing Regional Director Teresita Socorro Ramos, acknowledged the efforts of DA XII in food security and assured the farming sector of the unwavering support of the planning agency to the agriculture sector.

Farmer-Director and Regional Agriculture and Fishery Council Chairman Angel Cervantes, Regional Technical Director (RTD) for Research and Regulations Lorna Vilbar, RTD for Project Monitoring and Evaluation and Special Concerns Levi Fortuna and OIC-RTD for Operations Zaldy Boloron led the distribution of awards.

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