From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 27, 2020): Agri-related training for IP CAFGUs launched in SurSur (By Nida Grace P. Barcena)
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga in partnership with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and Philippine Army will conduct an Agri-related training for the troops of the 401st Infantry Brigade and 402nd Infantry Brigade in Surigao del Sur.
The proposed program is in line with the “TESDA Abot Lahat” platform of TESDA, and the DA’s "Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang Katutubo" (4Ks) funded by the DA’s Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD). Both programs are part of the government’s effort of empowering the Indigenous People (IP) to alleviate their lives from poverty.
According to TESDA Surigao del Sur Information Officer Lee Escobal, their office will facilitate the three-day agriculture-related TESDA training in Native Chicken and Vegetable Production this coming February.
The DA, on the other hand, will take their part under the 4Ks - the provision of assistance in the form of agriculture and fisheries-related livelihood opportunities.
The said training aims to capacitate the troops of the Philippine Army, specifically the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) members - the target beneficiaries of the program under the two brigades, Escobal said.
The beneficiaries, accordingly, will acquire and/or enhance agri-related skills and to put up related livelihood projects/enterprises, thus augmenting their sources of income, Escobal added. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)
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