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AGREA's two-day workshop in Del Carmen brought Mamanwa artisans together with People's Organizations to work on circular business models, packaging, and branding for indigenous weaving. The material comes first Before a woven bag is a product, it is a plant. In Surigao del Norte, one of the fibres Mamanwa weavers work with is baliw — a local plant material abundant in the province and used as the primary material for traditional weaving into bags, baskets, and other handicraf

From Bitoon to Halian, AGREA's three-day organic agriculture and natural farming visitation crossed four barangays in Del Carmen with MAFO and iLAJA. The barangay that needs a boat Halian sits off the coast of Del Carmen, on Siargao's western edge, across water that has to be crossed. It is a small island community of roughly eleven hundred people, most of them dependent on fishing, and until recently its power came from a community generator that ran for a few hours each eve

Eighty farmers' worth of soil knowledge in five days: how AGREA's Del Carmen training with DA-BSWM taught sampling, testing, and fertilizer recommendations. The test tube The Bureau of Soils and Water Management describes its Soil Test Kit in disarmingly plain terms. It is a rapid test that analyses soil pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It uses colour charts and pictures to establish whether soil is acidic or alkaline, and whether those three nutrients are low, medium