Talakagnon IP farmers engage in carabao farming Feb 2025 None carabao farming By Jeson Candole More than 30 indigenous people (IP) farmers and their families in Mizpah, Talakag, Bukidnon, are set to benefit from an PHP8 million Carabao Development Program (CDP) project aimed at improving their livelihoods. The initiative, which focuses on Carabao Herd Build-Up (CHBU), was formally introduced during an orientation session on January 15. Talakagnon IP farmers engage in carabao farming The DA-PCC at Central Mindanao University (DA-PCC at CMU) is implementing the project in partnership with the Balugto Hope Agriculture Cooperative (BHAC), which serves as the conduit cooperative. During the orientation, DA-PCC at CMU Center Director Dr. Lowell Paraguas outlined the benefits the farmers can expect from the program, including support in production, marketing, and extension services. “We will continue to uphold our mandate for the benefit of the rural farmers, especially our indigenous brothers and sisters,” Dr. Paraguas said. Dr. Elena Paraguas, DA-PCC at CMU’s Community-Based Enterprise Development (CBED) coordinator, highlighted the business opportunities in dairy farming. “Do not settle for less. Your crossbreds are potential sources of milk. You can soon engage in the dairy business, which can give you more income,” she said. Randy John Uy, chairperson of BHAC, gave the farmer-beneficiaries a heads-up on how they can fulfill all the requirements before the animals can be released to them. “As members of the cooperative, our farmers will be prepared to take on the project and prosper in this new endeavor. The co-op will be supportive of them in this cause and we will see them through until they succeed,” Uy assured. Under the program, the farmers will undergo training in dairy buffalo production and management. A total of 100 crossbred carabaos will be entrusted to qualified farmers. These animals will serve as a source of milk for the Dairy Box-Talakag, a local dairy processing hub. Key BHAC officers, including Vice Chairperson Felipe Batistil and Board Director Napoleon Lancin, facilitated the workshops to prepare the farmers for their new roles as carapreneurs.
Terms and Conditions Welcome to DA-PCC Knowledge Portal (K-Portal)! Thank you for visiting k-portal.pcc.gov.ph website. Subscription to the K-Portal is free. We don’t charge you to use or access this platform. Your privacy and security are very important to us. Please read the information below for your guidance. Data Policy To provide you with the services of our K-Portal, we must process information about you. We do not collect your personal information unless you choose to provide them. Rest assured that we do not share or sell your personal information but we do collect technical information about your visit to our website. When you visit k-portal.pcc.gov.ph website, our system automatically stores: Your personal information that you provided for subscription (email, password, name) Date and time of subscription Words or information you searched for The publications/ categories you viewed on our website The items you clicked on our website Your comments Items you downloaded from our website This process does not collect or track any of your personal information but makes our website more useful to visitors. Through such information, we learn about the number of visitors to our website, detect operational problems, and continuously improve the website’s overall functionality and security. Your comments will be visible to the public. Please make sure to not share information that you do not want made available to the public. We will not be responsible for how other visitors may use your information. Please be reminded that when you voluntarily submit information, it constitutes your voluntary consent to the use of the information you submit for the website’s improvement and maintenance. General Disclaimer and Copyright Notice All the contents uploaded to our website are considered public information, which can be used as reference and may be shared but we strictly request that our agency, DA-PCC, and our knowledge portal website including authors of knowledge products be cited as the source of any information, photos, and images copied from this site and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly credited to the photographer or author. The articles, publications pdf, AVPs, books, manuals and other materials owned by DA-PCC should be directly acquired from the knowledge portal and not through other sources that may change the information in some way or exclude material crucial to the understanding of that information. Disclaimer While we make every effort to provide accurate and complete information, some information may change between site updates. With a lot of articles and documents available and uploaded within short deadlines, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. We make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness or adequacy of the contents of this website and expressly disclaim liability for errors and omissions in the contents of this website.
