DA-4Ks NPMO holds monitoring and site visitation in Bataan
A site visitation and coordination meeting to Pamahalaan ng mga Katutubong Ayta sa Matalangao was conducted by the Department of Agriculture through the Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran para sa Kababayang Katutubo (4Ks) Program spearheaded by Director Ervanie Jay Belarmino together with other DA personnel on Sitio Matalangao, Banawang, Bagac, Bataan today, April 26, 2022.
Chieftain Sonya Sy welcomed the guests and participants from 4Ks National Program Management Office.
“Sana ay magustuhan at makilala pa ninyo nang lubos ang aming community, anumang araw o buwan ay maaari kayong bumalik dito,” Chieftain Sy said.
The 4Ks program aims to equip and provide various assistance prioritizing the Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples in the form of agri-fisheries services which will help them to develop and enhance their production and income.
Also present during the activity were Assistant Program Director Lucia Campomanes, Regional 4Ks Focal Person Memito Luyun III, Bagac Municipal Agriculturist Nonata Manalastas, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Provincial Officer of Bataan Randy Bernales, and Provincial Rice Coordinator Luisa Rodis.
“Tatlong bagay lang ang hinihiling ko sa inyo, una willing kayong mag-undergo ng training, kailangan nating dagdagan ang inyong kaalaman base sa science. Pangalawa, willing kayong i-apply ang mga itinuro sa inyo during training. Last, magkaroon tayo ng sistema o kasunduan sa pagitan namin at sa inyong grupo.”
“Ang tuon po natin, dapat ang komunidad natin ay sama-sama, magtutulungan at magkakaisa para maabot natin ang kaunlaran ng pamayanan. Aayusin po natin ang pakikipag-ugnayan namin po sa ibang institution o buyers para kayo ay makapagbenta ng inyong mga produkto,” Assistant Director Campomanes added.
Twenty families with a total of 70 population received interventions such as ten units of knapsack sprayer; 47 bags of inorganic fertilizer; 900 pouches of assorted vegetable seeds; 20 Carabao; 15 Goats; 500 Free Range Chickens. (DA Central Luzon)
