From soil to survival: Agusan del Sur shows way to defeat poverty

2026-03-07 - 21:25

PROSPERIDAD, AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines — Inside the provincial capitol complex here, workers carefully handle bags of soil collected from farms across the province—dark earth from upland slopes, clay from river valleys and sandy loam from fields planted with vegetables and timber trees. Soon these samples will pass through microscopes and chemical analyzers inside a