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  • Every Day is Market Day

    Thursday is usually the market day, or tabo, in Barangay Poblacion, Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay. But after USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program built the Titay Trading Center in partnership with the municipal government, some of the 100 tr...
  • Ex-Fighters Grow Tilapia in Tawi-Tawi

    Hatib Unong Baluh (left), chairman of the Bongao MNLF Multi-Purpose Cooperative, and his grandson proudly show off hybrid tilapia cultured by the group in Brgy. Karongdong, Bongao,Tawi-Tawi. The cooperative members, who are former Moro National Liberatio...
  • Marawi PTA Provides Instant Access to Knowledge

    Students of Marawi State University’s High School Department work on research assignments using computers provided by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program in partnership with the school’s parent-teacher association (PTA). Through it...
  • Red Onions in South Cotabato

    Calixto Tapuyao, who was assisted by USAID's Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program in diversifying his farm production to include higher-value vegetables, checks on a crop of red onion in Barangay Polonuling in Tupi, South Cotabato. At peak seasons...
  • Smooth Walk to Town

    An unsafe bamboo footbridge with a crumbling causeway (left) once provided the primary pedestrian access between the Tausug community of Purok Paglaum, Barangay Poblacion, and the town center of Pitogo in Zamboanga del Sur. It was replaced recently with ...
  • Mindanao Fruit Processors Adopt HACCP, Looking to Widen Global Market Reach

    CAGAYAN DE ORO—More Mindanao food firms, including fruit and seafood processors, are working to qualify for HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) certification, knowing that this will open doors for them in the international food trade.“T...
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