CISSA Updates
CISSA (Central Iloilo Stakeholders for Sustainable Agriculture) organized a seed-saving webinar facilitated by Mr. Sixto Bereber, a permaculturist, community organizer, and hardinero. It was very clear that Mr. Bereber is a certified practitioner as he wowed participants with his understanding…
This past July, Aeon Mapa of ESSA Secretariat conducted the Introduction to SA workshop to two groups of farmers, all members of the Central Iloilo Stakeholders for Sustainable Agriculture (CISSA). This geographic cluster is the most farmer-heavy in the entire…
February 19, 2021 Multi-purpose Hall, New Lucena, Iloilo Last February 19th, CISSA, the central Iloilo ESSAcluster met at New Lucena to continue planning for their cluster initiatives for sustainable agriculture. Among the agenda points were: Baseline survey, Marketing links and…
CISSA (Central Iloilo Cluster) President Mr. Ronie Bautista together with the Secretariat and in coordination with Passi City’s Organic Focal Person Mr. Japsy Alivar and City Agriculturist Areceli Alba were able to meet with Passi City Mayor Atty. Stephen Palmares…
Central Iloilo Cluster on its 5th meeting was joined by its new members from the Municipalities of Pototan represented by the Organic Agriculture Focal Person and two Organic Farmers; Passi City Organic Agriculture Focal Person; and from the Municipality of…
Mr. Justo Pacificador, Organic Focal Person of the Muncipality of Pototan, Iloilo invited the Central Iloilo cluster to attend the meeting of Pototan Organic Practitioner Association (POPA). The chairman of the cluster, Mr. Ronie Bautista shared with the group what…
Every monthly scheduled meeting of the cluster the members agreed that the venue shall be sponsored by different member municipalities. Last September 11, 2020 meeting was held at Zarraga particularly at Solution Ecosystems Activator (SEA), Inc. office at Jalandoni Compound,…
As a continuation of the Central Iloilo Cluster planning last July 31, 2020, the group was again able to reconvene in identifying the gaps from their current situation in Sustainable Agriculture towards what they wanted to achieve in the future.…
Dear ESSA Community, We spent a day at Brgy. Salacay, Cabatuan for the strategic planning for the Central Iloilo Cluster. We were lucky enough to be hosted by our ever so loving and ever grounded Barangay Captain, Kap. Lida Libiano.…
The ESSA Central Iloilo Cluster conducted their reconvening last June 17, 2020 and the New Lucena Multi-Purpose Hall, hosted by LGU New Lucena, headed by Mayor Liecel Mondejar Seville. We where also graced by the presence of the Central Iloilo…