Six farmers associations in Mantalongon, Dalaguete, Cebu, who composed the Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative in Agriculture (AMIA) Village in the area received agricultural inputs today, May 27, 2025 from the Department of Agriculture-Central Visayas (DA7).

These agri inputs, funded under the AMIA program, include fertilizers and vegetable seeds and distributed in Mantalongon for the AMIA village associations, namely, Mantalongon Irrigators Association (MIA), Kapunungan sa mga Mag-uuma sa Sigpit (KAMSI), Mag-uuma sa Mantalongon nga Nagpakabana (MAMANA), Suwa Mantalongon Farmers’ Association (SUMAFA), Lahug Mantalongon Farmers’ Association (LAMFA) and Grandcina Vegetable Farmer Irrigators’ Association (GVFIA).

Received inputs were 36 sacks of complete fertilizers and and 42 sacks of urea, which will be per associations, based on their production areas.

Dalaguete, particularly Mantalangon and other upland barangays, is known as Cebu’s vegetable basket, however, it is vulnerable to adverse climate change.

These inputs will help the farmers mitigate the effects of climate change, through the adoption of climate resilient technologies, which were introduced to them by the AMIA program through various trainings.

Farmer Rogelia R. Monceda, a member of the MAMANA, who received interventions from the AMIA, sharing her experiences, “nalipay ko nga nakadawat ko ug hinabang gikan sa DA AMIA Village. Sa una, nadawat nako ang liso sa utanon ug baktin. Sunod, gihatagan na pud ko ug liso sa cabbage, sili, ug uban pa. Karun, abono na. Salamat kaayo sa DA.”

She also encouraged other farmers to join associations so they too could benefit from the program.

AMIA is a program of the government to help communities adapt to climate change by promoting resilient farming practices.

The distribution of inputs were led by Antonio Tangayan Jr., assistant regional AMIA focal of DA-Research, and Maria D. Montañez, chief of the DA-Research Station in Argao and staff.