13/08/2026
๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข-๐ ๐
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๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฉ ๐
๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐-๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ
The community of Itab, Aguinaldo, Ifugao, is now able to boost corn production and local poultry farming, amid volatile weather driven by climate change, with the provision of Flat Bed Dryer and Chicken Coop Facility by the DA-AMIA Program, turned over on August 06, 2026.
The flatbed dryer is a specialized mechanical drying system with the capacity of 6tons per batch, designed to reduce moisture content in corn grains which ensures quality preservation regardless of weather conditions. It eliminates the heavy reliance of farmers on sun drying, prevents post-harvest losses and ensures higher market value. On the other hand, a Chicken Coop Facility is a biosecure poultry shelter for communal chicken raising that keeps poultry safe from extreme weather, threats of predators and diseases which results in healthier flock growth.
The AMIA program continues to play a crucial role in empowering local agricultural sectors to withstand the growing impacts of climate change. Mr. Crisante K. Rosario, AMIA Focal Person, emphasized the core mission of the program, to strengthen organizational capacities, and assist in the establishment of sustainable agribusiness enterprises, by supporting farming communities through these interventions. Further, he shared that the groundwork for the project began in 2024, through a series of inception meetings, orientations, and collaborative efforts with the LGUs and other notable stakeholders. Through their participatory rural appraisal and needs assessment, the program identified that the community needed these agricultural facilities to better capacitate BFAC in sustaining their farms, and livelihoods with the introduction of integrated farming systems. This integration of livestock with traditional farming shifts farmers from reliance on a single crop, effectively recalibrating the farmerโs practice from focusing on a single crop into diversification.
Mr. Nestor Humiwat, OIC APCO Ifugao, congratulated BFAC and reminded the cooperative that the success of the project does not end during the turn-over, marking only a beginning of greater responsibility. He added that these are investments entrusted in the community and encouraged everyone to work together so these facilities become an instrument of greater agricultural productivity and provide opportunities for higher income.
In his acceptance speech, Mr. Johnny Andaya, BFAC Chairman, expressed his gratitude to the program and its stakeholders for their hard work in securing the agricultural facilities as he wished the AMIA program continued success and expressed hope that it expands to reach more beneficiaries.
โ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐บ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ ๐บ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐บ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช, ๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ต๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐ต๐ช ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ถ ๐ต๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ช ๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ธ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ, ๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ต๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ธ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ช ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐บโ
According to Mr. Monsoon Eblahan, BFAC Vice-Chairman, these facilities have brought about positive changes to the community, as he shared that the post-harvest drying facility gave farmers the assurance to expand their corn farm, and the chicken coop was observed to significantly reduce native chicken mortality by keeping them safe from predators.
โ๐๐ฅ๐ช ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐ต๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ธ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ธ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐ต๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ช ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฅ๐ต๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช, ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐บ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ต๐ช ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ซ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ญ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ซ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ช๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช, ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ช ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข, ๐ต๐ฅ๐ต๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ๐ข๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ต, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ช ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ธโ
Expressing their immense gratitude, Mrs. Jennilyn Manipon, BFAC Manager, closed the event by recounting the communityโs past post-harvest struggles to which this program helped address. She highlighted how farmers previously had to sell their corn at bargain prices due to quality loss during the drying process.
โ๐๐ข๐บ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ช ๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ต๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ด ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐บ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ด, ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐จ ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช, ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ข๐บ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข โ๐ข๐บ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ต๐ช ๐ฃ๐ข๐บ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ขโ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ (4 ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ด) ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฅ๐บ๐ช๐ป (10 ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ด) ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ (15 ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ด) ๐ต๐ช ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐บ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข. ๐๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ช ๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฅ๐บ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ณ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ๐บ๐ฆ๐จ ๐บ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ช ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ช๐ต๐ช ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บโ
Fundamentally, these DA-AMIA program interventions have resulted in notable improvements in productivity and income of the BFAC and the community as a whole, as this helped address one of their significant challenges while remaining committed to an agriculture that is resilient to climate change.
