Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Regional Field Office No. III
High Value Crops Development Program
GULAYAN SA PAARALAN PROGRAM
PROGRAM BRIEFING AND ORIENTATION
Training of Teachers
DA-DEPED-LGUs
April 26, 2022
Schools Division Office of Meycauayan City
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RATIONALE
• During our childhood days, one of the directives we’ve always heard from our parents is to "eat
your vegetables” because according to them, vegetables make us healthy and strong.
• Vegetables are defined as edible herbaceous plants/plant parts consumed as raw or after
cooking and rich in vitamins, mineral, and low in calorific value that’s why these contribute
vitally to the general well-being of people.
• The medical experts all over the world encourage us to add more veggies to our diet per day.
They recommended to consume nine (9) servings of vegetables each day as we get many
specific chemical substances needed by our body for growth, reproduction and for maintenance
of health.
• Also, the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests consuming more than 400 grams of
fruits and vegetables per day to improve overall health and reduce the risk of certain
noncommunicable diseases.
• The above citations are enough to make us exactly realized why vegetables are so important
to human health.

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RATIONALE
• However, the current situation is somewhat contradicted, with the proliferation of modernization, one
of the affected is our eating habits. We are always rely on instant foods and fast-foods that are packed
with preservatives and additives.
• These are the conditions that the youth today are adopted, resulting to malnutrition and manifestation of
various metabolic diseases at an early age. Record shows that two leading diseases that cause of death
of people are heart attack and cancer that linked to poor eating habit.
• As response of the government, the Department of Agriculture (DA) conceptualized a project that would
directly teach the youth not only the importance of producing vegetables but also the health benefits
of consuming it.
• That’s the birth of Gulayan sa Paaralan Program (GPP).
• It is also inclined with the goal of the Department to attain food self-reliance and self-sufficiency, to
empower the constituents by enhancing their capability to produce their own food through adoption of
various technologies on food production and on vegetable growing.

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LEGAL BASIS

DA – OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY - MEMORANDUM

CIRCULAR NO. 06

SUBJECT: Amended Guidelines on the implementation of

Gulayan Sa Paaralan Program

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MILESTONE

• The GPP has been implementing in Region 3 since Calendar Year (CY) 2011
(for 11 years).
• The program has served a total of 5,987 schools in 20 Schools Division
Offices of Central Luzon.
• The interventions being provided by the Department of Agriculture-Regional
Field Office No. III (DA-RFO III) to school recipients are open-pollinated
variety of various vegetable seeds, garden inputs, garden tools, and training
of the teachers

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MILESTONE
• The program has now created a strong and momentous working relationship between the
two leading departments in the country-DA and DepEd.
• It was able to coalesce and accomplish the missions of these two agencies, which are for
the DA-RFO III - increasing the agricultural productivity, profitability, sustainability, and
resilience, and for the DEPED - providing students child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe and
motivating environment.
• With the closest supervision of Schools Division Superintendents, the collective efforts
and creativity of GPP Coordinators and teachers, and the technical assistance of DA and
Local Government Units (LGUS), the program, specifically the school gardens showcased
the amazing world of vegetable production where innovations and creativity are developed.
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MILESTONE

• GPP does not only focus on producing vegetables in the schools

• It also encouraged the pupils to do backyard gardening at home
• And apply the good practices of gardening learned at school,
• As part of their responsibilities in sharing and implements
consumption of vegetables among their community for a better
healthy and balance diet.
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OBJECTIVES

1. To introduce basic agriculture to the students through vegetable gardening

(science-based)
2. To promote the consumption of vegetables which are rich sources of nutrients
and fiber among the students, their households and the local community
3. To promote production of indigenous/native vegetables through natural farming
4. To serves as ready food basket in sustaining supplementary feeding
5. To be a model of small – scale food production for the household
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OBJECTIVES

6. To serve as source of seeds that would ensure the sustainability and

continuity of the program
7. To establish a group/volunteers in schools that can spread the
information of gulayan project
8. To build a strong partnerships and linkages between the DA and DepEd,
LGUs, CSOs and other public and private organizations.
9. To be able to contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation
 PROJECT MECHANICS
PROJECT RECIPIENTS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE NO. OF SCHOOLS ALLOCATED
1. AURORA 30
2. BATAAN 40
3. BALANGA 20
4. BULACAN 40
5. MEYCAUYAN CITY 20
6. MALOLOS 20
7. CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE 20
8. NUEVA ECIJA 40
9. GAPAN CITY 15
10. CABANATUAN CITY 15
11. SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ 15
12. SAN JOSE CITY 15
13. PAMPANGA 40
14. MABALACAT 20
15. ANGELES CITY 20
16. CITY OF SAN FERNANDO 20
17. TARLAC PROVINCE 75
18. TARLAC CITY 25
19. ZAMBALES 50
20. OLONGAPO CITY 20
TOTAL 560
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PROJECT MECHANICS

Identification of School Recipients

• The identification and selection of the school recipients will be conducted by the
GPP Coordinators/Supervisors of every SDO.
• The requirements in choosing the recipients are: the school must have a vacant
lot of 200 square meters inside the school intended for garden establishment,
the area should not prone to flood and drought and has source of water.
• If there is no vacant lot, container gardening must be implemented.
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PROJECT MECHANICS

Training/Capacitating of the Teachers

• The identified teachers who manage the establishment of the school garden
shall undergo one (1) day training.
• The training will be conducted thru face-to-face scheme by DA-RFO
III/HVCDP, DEP-ED/SDO, PAO and MAO.
• The topics of the training will focus on the presentation and discussion of
project guidelines, lay-out and establishment of the garden, growing of
vegetables, seed production, Effective Microorganism (EM)
Technology, and simple Hydroponics Gardening.
 Dates of the training
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICES DATES OF TRAINING NO. OF PARTICIPANTS
1. NUEVA ECIJA/SDO – Sta Rosa. Nueva Ecija March 2-3, 2022 32/day
2. ZAMBALES – SDO Teachers Training Center, Iba March 8-9, 2022 34/day
3. OLONGAPO March 10, 2022 34/day
4. TARLAC CITY March 16, 2022 34/day
5. TARLAC March 17-18, 2022 45/day
6. GAPAN CITY March 23, 2022 29/day
7. SCIENCE CITY OF MUNOZ April 5, 2022 29/day
8. SAN JOSE CITY April 6, 2022 29/day
9. CABANATUAN CITY April 7, 2022 29/day
10. AURORA April 12-13, 2022 * 18-19 24/day
11. BULACAN April 20-21, 2022 * 21-22 31/day
12. MEYCAUAYAN April 26, 2022 28/day
13. CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL MONTE April 27, 2022 29/day
14. MALOLOS CITY April 28, 2022 29/day
15. BALANGA CITY May 5, 2022 29/day
16. BATAAN May 17-18, 2022 * 19-20 26/day
17. MABALACAT May 19, 2022 29/day
18. PAMPANGA May 24-25, 2022 * 26-27 30/day
19. ANGELES CITY May 26, 2022 29/day
20. CITY OF SAN FERNANDO May 31, 2022 29/day
 PROJECT MECHANICS
Provision of interventions per school recipient
Interventions Unit Quantity
Garden Tools
a. Trowel pieces 4
b. Shovel pieces 1
c. Bolo pieces 2
d. Pail pieces 3 Garden Inputs
e. Dipper pieces 3 a. Seedling Tray pieces 10
f. Sprinkler pieces 1 b. Organic Fertilizer bags 2
Assorted Vegetable Seeds
c. Molasses gallons 4
(OPV)
a. Tomato sachets 4 d. EM1 bottle 1
b. Ampalaya sachets 4 e. Hydroponics (Snap A & set 1
c. Eggplant sachets 4 Snap B)
d. Pechay sachets 4 f. Hydroponics pieces 2
e. Okra sachets 4 Plastic/Growing Box
f. Pole Sitao sachets 4
g. Sili Panigang sachets 4
h. Kalabasa sachets 4
i. Cucumber sachets 4
j. Lettuce sachets 4
 Place of delivery of interventions per SDO
SCHOOLS DIVISION VENUE OF DELIVERY CONTACT PERSON CONTACT NUMBER
OFFICE
1. NUEVA ECIJA SDO Nueva Ecija, Sta Rosa Nueva Sherry Anne R. Palasigue 09466590684
Ecija
2. ZAMBALES Iba Central Elementary School John Michael G. Edejer 09192446894
3. OLONGAPO
4. TARLAC CITY San Sebastian elementary School Catherine A. Gomez 09683615950
5. TARLAC Tarlac National Hogh School-Main Allen C. Candelasa 09951550147
PROVINCE (Ground Floor, New SHS Bldg.)
entrance: Gate 2=left side of Division
Office)
6. GAPAN CITY SDO Gapan City, Don Simeon St., Kae Celine D. Astillazo 09683841095
Brgy. San Vicente, Gapan City
7. SCIENCE CITY OF SDO Science City of Munoz Zoraida G. Espino 09153406005
MUNOZ
8. SAN JOSE CITY SDO San Jose City Crissa Chirene Bug-os 09058412233
9. CABANATUAN Cabanatuan East Central School. Edsel N. Cabacungan 09168341023
CITY Maharlika Highway, Cabanatuan City
10. AURORA Aurora National Science High Irene H. Llave 09395624394
School, Baler, Aurora
 Place of delivery of interventions per SDO
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE VENUE OF DELIVERY CONTACT PERSON CONTACT
NUMBER
11. BULACAN Lydia D. Villangca Trade Engelbert S. dela Cruz 09662659034
School, San Rafael, Bulacan
12. MEYCAUAYAN Meycauayan Vocational senior Dr. Ramil C. Cruz 09328434286
High School, Pag-asa St., Ma. Theresa L. Subida 09230873826
Malhacan, Meycauayan
13. CITY OF SAN JOSE DEL CSJDM SDO Dennis P. Garcia 09178506060
MONTE
14. MALOLOS CITY Malolos Marine Fishery School and Armando V. Illescas 0919099117
Laboratory, St. Joseph St., Balite Anne Hazel Robles 09482141971
15. BALANGA CITY SDO Balanga City Princess Diane G. Supan 09302707403
16. BATAAN SDO Bataan Hernando Almario 09519196657
17. MABALACAT SDO Mabalacat City Riza U. Policarpio 09152035766
18. PAMPANGA SDO Pampanga teachers Training Nerisse Nicole B. Torres 09453491010
Center
19. ANGELES CITY Francisco G. Nepumuceno Rigie Anne S. Gozon 09268503693
Memorial High School Pandan-
Tabun Road, Angeles City
20. CITY OF SAN FERNANDO SDO CSFP, Civic Center, Brgy. Anna Karina C. Galang 09428159901
San Isidro, CSFP
 PROJECT MECHANICS

Establishment of School Garden

• The garden lay-out, establishment, and maintenance will be
implemented by the school recipients. It will be led by the school GPP
Coordinators with the technical assistance and supervision of the
MAO and PAO.
• The school GPP Coordinator will assist by any skeletal force in the
school or the parents of the pupil live adjacent to the school. The
established school garden serves as a model farm and learning site
for agricultural skills development.
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Establishment of School Garden

The school garden will be having the components of:
1. Seedlings Production
• The school recipient will produce the seedlings of OPV vegetables that
will be given to them.
• They require to establish a mini nursery for the proper production and
keeping of vegetable seedlings.
• Seedling produced will be planted in the garden and the excess will be
given to the pupil and parents that will undergo home backyard
gardening. (Households replication)
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1. Seedlings Production
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2. Vegetable Production
• Large area of the garden will be intended for vegetables production.
The kinds of vegetable to be planted are Tomato, Ampalaya, Eggplant,
Pechay, Okra, Pole Sitao, Sili Panigang, Squash, Cucumber, and
Lettuce.
• The recipients may adopt natural vegetable production with the use
of organic fertilizers and other natural inputs.
• To maximize the area and use of inputs, companion planting will be
implemented.
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Vegetables Production
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3. Hydroponics Garden
• A simple hydroponics will be established in every
school garden.
• They will be given hydroponics plastic growing
boxes, Snap A, and Snap B solutions for the
establishment of such garden.
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Hydroponics Garden
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4. Crop Museum
• A separate area will be allotted for crop museum that
serves as nursery for herbal plants and indigenous
vegetables or the crops that are produced, living or
existing naturally in the area.
• The purpose of crop museum is to save different crop
native varieties. Planting materials for this purpose will
be outsourced by the school recipient in the local.
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Crop Museum
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Crop Museum
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5. Seed Banking/Production
• GPP coordinators will set aside the 10% of fruits
intended for seed production.
• The seeds produced will be packed and stored carefully
will use for the next planting
• Seeds will be distributed in the establishment of
backyard gardens of the households.
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Seedbank
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Seedbank
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6. Storage House/Room
The school recipient either construct the storage or use the vacant
space available in the school to keep the garden tools and inputs.

7. Compost Pit/Heap
It is the area where the garden wastes will be put for proper
decomposition and management. It will be established outside
the school garden.
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8. Feeding Program
• The garden serves as ready food basket for feeding program.
• Each school recipient will select fifteen (15) severely wasted
children and serve as the beneficiaries.
• The GPP Teachers will prepare innovative dishes out of
vegetables harvested from the garden and serve it to the
pupils enrolled in the feeding program
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Components of the Garden:

1. Seedling Production (mini-nursery)
2. Vegetable Production (natural/organic production)
3. Hydroponics Garden
4. Crop Museum (native vegetables/herbal plants)
5. Seed Bank
6. Storage Room/House
7. Compost Pit/Heap
8. Feeding Program
 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office No.
III through the High Value Crops Development Program
(HVCDP) shall serve as the program management office.
• As such, it shall be responsible for planning,
implementation, evaluation, and assessment of the
program.
• Shall provide vegetables seed, garden tools, and garden
inputs
• And collect, summarize the submitted reports from Schools
Division Offices.
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The Department of Education (DEPED)
• Shall be responsible for the maintenance of selected
schools with 200 square meter of garden area allocated to
Gulayan sa Paaralan Program (GPP)
• Shall provide the monthly reports to the DA-RFO III and
partner LGUs once the garden is established
• Shall conduct the monitoring of garden; and shall see to it
that the provisions and conditions stated in the MOA are
complied.
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The Local Government Units (MAO/PAO)

• Shall be part of the monitoring team of the project
• Shall provide additional technical knowledge of
vegetable production preparation and any concerns
in the cultural management as needs arises
• Shall serve as Resource Speaker of
Vegetable/Seed Productions during the Training of
Teachers
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The school recipients

• Shall participate in the training and capacity building
activities, establish vegetable gardens, adhere to
the proper waste disposal requirements as per RA
9003,
• Maintain records of harvest and other farm
activities. (Scrapbook) (5 – 10 minutes video)
• Provide Tarpaulin
 PROJECT DURATION
• The project duration will be from January to December
2022
• The first and last quarter assessments will be conducted on
February 24, 2022 and November 10-11, 2022 respectively.
• The project training will be conducted in March to June
2022.
• Garden establishment will be implemented right after the
training July to October 2022.
 MONITORING AND EVALUATION

• Planting, harvesting and feeding reports

will be done by the school recipients and will
be submitted to GPP Coordinators.
• The GPP Coordinators will summary all the
reports and submit to DA-RFO III.
• The DA-RFO III will summarize the reports
submitted by 20 SDOs & submitted it to DA-
Central Office
 SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
1. Open Pollinated Variety (OPV) of Vegetables will be given to the
school recipients for seed production and seed banking which will be
used for the next planting.

2. Each school recipient requires to construct or allot space for storage

that serves as the keeping are for the garden tools and inputs.

3. Household replication will be encouraged

4. Continuous monitoring of the school recipients by the LGUs, DA-RFO

III, and DEPED
 FORMAT OF REPORT - SCHOOL
Gulayan sa Paaralan Program
Establishment and Maintenance of School Gardens for 2022 School Recipients
SCHOOL REPORT
As of _____________________
District: ______________________________
School : ______________________________

2022 Recipients
KEY INDICATORS INDICATORS Physical Accomplishment
Target Accomplishment % Accomp. Remarks
Schools Garden Total Area
Established* (sq.m)

Total Volume Harvested kgs.

Harvested used for feeding kgs.
Harvested used for other kgs.

No. of seedlings
Seed Nursery Established
produced

Feeding Program
No. of student/pupil enrolled
 FORMAT OF REPORT - DIVISION OFFICE
Gulayan Sa Paaralan Program
Establishment and Maintenance of School Gardens for 2022 School Recipients
SUMMARY REPORT
As of _________________
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF _____________________________

2022 Recipients
KEY INDICATORS INDICATORS Physical Accomplishment
Target Accomplishment % Accomp. Remarks
Total Area
Schools Garden Established (sq.m)

Total Volume Harvested kgs.

Harvested used for feeding kgs.
Harvested used for other kgs.

No. of
Seed Nursery Established seedlings
produced

Feeding Program
No. of student/pupil enrolled
Important Notes:
• The occurrence of COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the
world in instability. A simple microbe invisible to the
eye has already destroyed millions lives and
interrupted all senses of our normal life.
• This program may serve as an epiphany for the
children and youth on the great importance of
Agriculture and food production in the country, and the
comprehensive realization that food is the most
important possession during these trying times.
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SDO AURORA
GULAYAN SA PAARALAN
SDO AURORA
GULAYAN SA PAARALAN
SDO BATAAN
GULAYAN SA PAARALAN
SDO BULACAN
GULAYAN SA PAARALAN
SDO GAPAN CITY

San Nicolas National High School

School Garden
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SDO CITY OF MEYCAUAYAN
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SDO-Carranglan-Annex(Puncan ES)

CAPTION: Planted vegetables and harvesting Period

GULAYAN SA PAARALAN
SDO SAN JOSE CITY
TAYABO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SDO TARLAC CITY
GULAYAN SA PAARALAN
SDO TARLAC PROVINCE
GULAYAN SA PAARALAN
SDO OLONGAPO CITY
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