The study was conducted to characterize the existing Halal goat production system in the province of Maguindanao and compare the farmers’ management practices with the existing Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) standards and Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) protocols in Halal goat raising. The study reveals that the respondents’ practices in goat raising at Parang, Maguindanao are not significantly different from the Japan International Cooperation Agency - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (JICA-ARMM) goat production and management standards as well as PCAARRD Halal goat production protocol except for the location of the goat house. The study proved that farmers’ practice in goat raising has similarities with JICA and PCAARRD protocols except for some aspect such as location of the house, use of commercial and synthetic drugs in vaccination and disease treatments and feeds and feeding. The JICA protocol on housing location is different from the actual practice of farmer respondents and PCAARRD protocol. Farmers are not knowledgeable in the feeding value of combine grass-legume to the goat. Under intensive feeding management, legume-grass combination is a better option in profitable goat raising. In terms of housing, farmers do not practice standard designs such as elevated flooring, floor space requirements and required distances between flooring and ceiling and between the ground and flooring as what PCAARRD and JICA protocol recommended.

The study was conducted to evaluate and assessed the evident of awareness of beneficiaries on the School on Air (SOA) program on Halal Goat Production of the Department of Agriculture – Maguindanao, BARMM.  It was conducted in the province of Maguindanao, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Specifically, it covered six (5) municipalities with one hundred eighty (100) goat raisers who also participated in the Halal Small Ruminant School on the Air Program. Results showed that majority of the respondents/goat raisers have high level of awareness on the Halal Goat program based on their responses to the different survey parameters. Many of them also disclosed that thru Halal goat school on the air program their knowledge, skills and attitudes (KSA) were enhanced and improved.On the other hand, some of the respondents also observed some gaps and issues in the program implementation, however, they also indicated recommendations for the improvement of future programming. Among them were, use of bilingual in the delivery of relevant information, especially to the rural farmers, regular monitoring of DA technical experts/personnel to their farms and careful use of the word “halal” which, according to them, must be supported by corresponding verses from the holy Quran whenever possible.