AECID Visits Benguet Project Sites, Highlighting Support for Climate Action and Agro Enterprise Development

29/05/2025 - 09:11

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Last May 27 and 28, representatives from AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation) and Cáritas Española visited project sites in Barangays Tuel (Tublay) and Sagpat (Kibungan), Benguet, as part of their support for the Green Luzon Project.

Accompanied by Caritas Philippines and the Diocesan Social Action Center of Baguio, they toured vegetable production areas and the site of a new consolidation facility aimed at boosting farmer income through the Agro Enterprise Clustering Approach. The team also inspected disaster risk reduction equipment provided to the barangays to enhance community resilience.

A visit to the Sagpat communal forest highlighted the project’s climate action, including the planting of 750 trees toward an annual goal of 1,000. AECID and Cáritas Española reaffirmed that the project's success relies not only on funding but also on strong collabor