served as the pathogen can attach itself on footwear, farm equipment and machinery used in an infested soil. Cultural practices such as plowing and hoeing could also cause the spread of the pathogen. Parawan said an information campaign on the detection and prevention of the disease must be also intensified as lack of information among our farmers would only make the disease more prevalent. According the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) usual signs of fusarium wilt infestation
yond five years so our children can finish college)” prays Divina Labos of Brgy. Amorcruz, Laak. “ “Unta madungagan ang beneficiaries sa 4Ps kay naa pay uban naglisod (I wish more beneficiaries can avail of 4Ps as there are more needy people)” Janebeth Engalan, also of Brgy. Amorcruz implores. Divina and Janebeth are just two of the 5792 Pantawid Pamilya recipients of Laak. Both also benefited from DSWD’s Self-Employment
Assistance-Kaunlaran Program (SEA-K), KALAcould be confusing such as the yellowing of the HI-CIDSS and Rice Subsidy Program. leaf margins of older margins which could be sus- Divina, 46, supports her family through pected as deficiency. All of the leaves of infested buying and selling of slippers and school supplant wilt which can also be a sign of senescence plies, earning an average of P150 a day. She or growing old. is married to Sergio, 51, who takes a Job Or Internal signs are more pronounce and can der work with the provincial government and be seen by slicing off the lower portion of the corm assigned in Laak as carpenter and mason. He horizontally until the transverse is cut about one- makes P3320 every 15 days. fourth of the way up to the corm. The vascular tis- “Niangat ang among kinabuhi tungod kay sues in the roots and corm are discolored, making naa nay kapanginabuhian sa adlaw-adlaw. Kathe vascular stands in the pseudostem turn either hibalo na mi mangita og kuarta (Our lives have yellow, red or brown. improved because we now have a daily source “Banana is a major dollar earner of the of income. We have learned to earn),” Divina country and any threat such as Fusarium wilt must shared. be promptly addressed,” Parawan said. (Noel T. Janebeth, 31, conveyed her gratefulProvido – DA XI) ness with the programs. “Naa nay assistance sa school. Ang akong bana naay trabaho. Hinaypud naayo ang balay (We have schoolRecipients clamor Pantawid hinay ing assistance. My husband is employed. We are extension, expansion also improving our house).” Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries are learning many important things from the Family DeLAAK, Compostela Valley –“Unta dili lang five years and subsidy para maka-graduate gyud sa college velopment Sessions (FDS) held every month that ang mga bata (We hope the subsidy will last be- they Monday, October 17, 2011
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