NACSEARelief aims to improve the livelihood of farmers and envisions to promote alternative crops therefore we joined the Collaborative project on adoption of sustainable vegetable farming practices. NACSEA Relief under the leadership of Mabelle Bagtas spearheaded a seedling project for small holder farmers in Cauayan, Isabela. Apart from the seedlings, the program also provides educational training and information support for the farmers steered by EWS to ensure that the vegetable have a good survival rate.
Aside from educational training, the participants were invited to visit demo farm facility in Echague which is capable of accommodating 22 participants for organic agriculture trainings, including lectures on related agriculture subjects like vermiculture or the production of organic fertilizer from decomposed materials using earthworms.

The primary goal of the project is to provide livelihood to farmers and create income-generating activities through industry creation completing social, environmental and economic requirements to achieve sustainable development.

The 22-farmer participants were very grateful for the proposed seedling project and wish to plant assorted vegetables such as eggplant, bitter gourd, carrots, upo, tomato, patola, okra, green/red chili peppers, string beans, and pumpkin. Total land area to be planted is 5.765 hectares and EWS will help to provide cost estimate for all seedlings and other materials to be used for this project.