Training on Natural Farming to group of women

This activity will be happen on November 25, 2009 held at Barangay Oteiza, San Agustin, SDS

LGU-Family Day

The Local Governement Unit of San Agustin celebrated it's annual Family Day last September 30, 2009 at Buslon Island, Britania, San Agustin, Surigao del Sur. This celebration is being done through the effort of the Municipal Mayor Manuel O. Alameda to promote the camaraderie and unity of all LGU employees of San Agustin

How San Agustin FITS center being established and launched

The Local Government Unit of San Agustin has already established a research and development sector in the Municipal Agriculture Office. The Local Chief Executive (LCE) aimed to establish a center wherein farmers could access new technology and information about farming particularly Natural Farming Technology System. It was November 13, 2009 when orientation of FITS held at Auditorium of Surigao del Sur Polytechnic College Main Campus and it was attended by the Municipal Agriculturist together with the SB member Committee Chairman on Agriculture. After that orientation, the LCE was convinced that it is an opportunity to join the Techno-Gabay program and then the Sangguniang Bayan Resolution for the establishment of FITS center was being formulated hereafter being approved by all members. On the 5th of January 2009, the letter of intent approved by Municipal Mayor together with the SB Resolution RE: Establishment of FITS Techno-Gabay Program in the Municipality of San Agustin was submitted to the CARAGA Consortium for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development (CCARRD). A month after the CCARRD replied our application and they required us to pass all the necessary documents and information for the approval of establishment of FITS center. Last April 23, 2009, they conducted site evaluation for the proposed FITS Center at the same time assessment of the proposed Magsasakang Siyentista as our partner in the promotion of banner commodity of our municipality. Later in June 16, 2009 we received a notice from CCARRD that our application for the establishment of FITS center was approved during the joint RRDCC and RTWG Meeting and they will wait for the schedule of launching and MOA signing. Since we celebrated Farmers and Fisherfolks’ Day every August 25-26 annually, the Local Chief Executive then recommend that the launching shall be held simultaneously during this occasion. For us, it is a right venue to launch the FITS Center because there were 100 farmers, 50 fisherfolks and 100 expected visitors could witness. They will be then acquainted with the services of FITS center and how they could access the benefits in this program. So, on August 24, 2009 FITS Center was launched and MOA was signed. It was a successful event and witnesses were more than what we expected.

Library

IEC/Reading Materials are available as well as samples of NFTS alternative inputs. Some of the reading materials are prepared by the Office staffs like the leaflets of Techno Series of FFJ, FPJ, IMO, OHN, Insect Repellant and others.

Focus Commodity

Our focus commodity is Organic Rice. This picture was taken during the Farmers and Fisherfolks' Day wherein the invited farmers and visitors visited the Techno Demo Farm of one of Farmers Field School Site

Brief Information

San Agustin was formally declared a municipality on June 17, 1967 through R.A 4903 during the incumbency of the late Honorable Mayor Prudencio Ronquillo. The municipality, which is comprised of thirteen (13) barangays, was renamed from Oteiza to San Agustin in honor of its patron saint. At a glance, San Agustin bore the name Oteiza since the time of the Spaniards when it was still a barrio of Lianga. The municipality underwent an unusually unstable political process on its road to townhood.

San Agustin is bounded in the east by the Pacific Ocean, in the west is Agusan del Sur while in the south is Lianga and North is Marihatag and San Miguel. Its total Land Area is 27, 728.52 hectares with a total population of 19, 011 and total household of 3, 491. The primary products that are abundant here are Palay and Coconut and secondly, the fishes, cassava, banana, abaca and corn.

Hands-on training on NFTS in Sitio Hamburger, Barangay Gata, San Agustin, SDS

Discussion about Natural Farming Technology System in Sitio Hamburger, Barangay Gata

Launching of vegetables demo site

Vegetables demo site in Barangay Salvacion will be launch this coming November 10, 2009. This project is under the Accelerated Hunger Mitigation Program assisted by ATI and DA Regional Office