National News “These projects serve as an encouragement for other farmers to actively participate and become members of farmers’ organizations,” she added.
because the products like pesticides, fertilizers, and feeds, are a bit cheaper than those bought at commercial agrivet stores. Also, farmers are likely to buy from another farmer, so their market is already set for them,” explained Regional Director Faisar Mambuay Mumbay. said that eight ARBOs were given hogs to raise while three were provided with CLAAP is DAR’s collaboration the agrivet enterprise. with the DSWD. It aims to expand and increase farmers’ access to economic “The ARBOs with the swine opportunities. production have two ways in earning from their chosen livelihood because The DSWD allocated and aside from selling the hogs to the market, transferred to the DAR a total of P1 they can also produce meat products billion for the conduct and provision of like tocino and longganisa because social preparation, technical capacity some of these ARBOs have meat building, and capital assistance. processing facilities,” said Mumbay. The DAR, for its part, allotted P186 “The agrivet enterprise, on the million worth of manpower, technical other hand, is a very good source and management skills, capacity of additional income for our farmers building trainings for the farmers. (DAR)
PRRD orders strict enforcement of nationwide ASF zoning plan By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos
MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte ordered all government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to ensure the “strict” implementation of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) nationwide zoning plan for African swine fever (ASF) to control and contain the spread of the fatal hog disease. In Administrative Order (AO) 22 government agencies, offices and signed on Feb. 5 and released on instrumentalities, as well as LGUs, Friday, Duterte directed all concerned to “strictly implement and ensure
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