*Ph. D (Crop Science), Professor, College of Agriculture, BSA
*****Program Chairman/Researcher, College of Agriculture and Forestry (IAF)
**Master in Business Administration, Instructor III-Kalinga State University
***MS (Crop Science), Associate professor and BAO Director, Master of Science in Crop Science, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry (IAF)
****Instructor, Kalinga State University, Master of Arts in Education
This study was conducted to gather data on the needs and opportunities for the improvement of the farmers specifically on the three sites of the project namely: Dangtalan and Balatoc, Pasil and Uma, Lubuagan through the use of the Participatory Needs and Opportunities (PNOA) tools. The PNOA tools that were used are Transect and resource Diagram, Cropping Calendar, Fears and Hopes Exercise, and Venn Diagram. The findings of the study show that land use and suitability, soil type and crops planted in the different sites of the project varied but with little similarities for the two neighboring municipalities of the project. On the other hand, farmers in Balatoc have a distinct problem that is adversely affecting their farming activities specifically the emission of sulfur from a volcano which is situated directly above the rice terraces in Fommag. It is then recommended that the Department of Agriculture as the lead agency in the project should address the problems and opportunities for improvement as identified by the farmers in the order of their priorities and based on the geographical feature as well as the climatic conditions in the three sites of the project.
Participatory Needs and Opportunities, Department of Agriculture, farming activities, geographic features, climatic condition
