DA Chief honors 2012 Gawad Saka Cordillera winners

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Created on Monday, 13 August 2012 Published Date

dachief gawasaka2012Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala (4th from left, back row) poses with the Cordillera regional winners of the 2012 Gawad Saka or search for outstanding achievers in agriculture and fisheries, at the Department of Agriculture regional office in Baguio City, August 6, 2012. For their feat, they received respective plaques and cash awards, and will vie for the national Gawad Saka on October 2012. They are (from left, front row): Teodoro G. Kub-ao Jr. of Tabuk, Kalinga (rice farmer); Lebeng RIC of Bashoy, Kabayan, Benguet (Rural Improvement Club);  Barlig Development MPC (Barangay Food Terminal); Ricarte Domingo and family of Barangay Alem, Pudtol, Apayao (farm family); La Trinidad, Benguet (Municipal Agriculture and Fishery Council); Green Thumb 4-H Club of Atok, Benguet (young farmers’ organization); Mt. Province (Provincial Agriculture and Fishery Council); and Jefferson C. Laruan of Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet (organic farmer). Other officials shown (back row, starting 2nd from left) are DA-Cordillera regional director Marilyn Sta. Catalina, DA Assistant Secretary and national rice program coordinator Dante Delima, Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan, Benguet Governor Nestor Fongwan, and Mt. Province Governor Leonard Mayaen. (Photo by Kathrino Resurreccion, DA Information Service)