CCDC Allies in Promoting Food Security

Recognizing that food security is everyone’s concern, the Cordillera Career Development College (CCDC) has partnered with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to support the Halina’t Magtanim ng Prutas at Gulay sa Barangay (HAPAG) Project.

This initiative encourages the community households to grow their own food, providing a more affordable and sustainable way to access healthy meals, through CCDC’s Hopeful Hand Allies: Community Gardening.

The institution is actively engaging students under the National Service Training Program (NSTP-2), faculty, and local residents in urban and backyard gardening, aligning with national efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition at Baranggay Bangho in Daklan Tublay, Benguet.

Specifically the program is conducted at the DayCare Center at Sitio Chagao, Head Center and Elementary School at Sitio Bangho where they will plant pechay, string beans and taro, this March 15,2025.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the DILG are the lead agencies in the implementation of the HAPAG Program.

“This project expands sustainable gardening in the barangay by adding more communal gardens near the health center and extending the initiative to puroks and Nutritionally-At-Risk households. The goal is to create self-sufficient homes, reducing food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty.” said Mercidonna Alos. Barangay Kagawad, Bangho.

HAPAG kay PBBM Program is a whole-of-government initiative that aims to increase access to fresh, safe, and affordable food through urban and peri-urban agriculture and community engagement.

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