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12 Siquijor farmers’ groups get broiler chicks By Mary Jane S. Banglos SIQUIJOR, March 8 -Twelve farmers’ associations in the Province of Siquijor recently received broiler chicks and chicken pellets granted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Provincial Agricultural Technology Coordinating Office (PATCO) Siquijor. Under DA’s project on Expanded Livestock and Poultry Production Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) Kontra COVID-19, 750 broiler chicks with chicken pellets were divided among the farmers associations. The distribution was led by PATCO representatives, Agriculturist II Rodolfo Anulacion and Agricultural Technician Necifora Lumingkit, Gov. Zaldy Villa, and Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Bernardita Tabada. “Ayohon nato ug atiman Gov. Zaldy Villa (far left), during the turnover of broiler chicks and chicken pellets to the farmers ang manok. Dili nato sayangan ang associations of the province of Siquijor as part of the DA’s project on Expanded Livestock and Poultry gihatag sa gobyerno kay dako kaayo Production Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) Kontra COVID-19. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor) ni ug tabang (Breed your chickens with care. Don’t waste this opportunity given gratitude as well for the project. nagpaluyo sa among kapunungan (I am very by the goverment because this is a huge help),” “Daghang salamat kay naka-avail thankful to DA because they are always Villa told the recipients, referring to their kami sa programa kabahin sa pamuhi sa willing to support our endeavors),” she said. livelihood. manok tungod kay makadugang na usab kini Among the recipients, Marilyn sa among panginabuhian (We’re very grateful She added that DA has been a huge help for Garbanzos, president of Dumanhog Rural to have availed of this program because it can she was able to share the opportunity to the Improvemet Club (RIC), expressed her greatly help us generate more income),” said families of the members in the association. gratitude to DA for the livelihood program. Agan. Other beneficiaries include Canlasog “Usa kini ka dakong tabang kanamo Joy Canasa, president of Cantugbas Samahang Mag-uuma, Bonga Waling Waling kay gawas nga makakat-on mi sa unsaon Women’s Association, likewise expressed her RIC, Calunasan Farmers Association, Marfaripagbuhi, makahatag kini ug dugang nga gratitude to DA. ICFP Association, Cabulihan Native Chicken income sa among pamilya (Aside from Canasa has been the president of Raisers Association, Tubod Vegetable Growers learning how to grow chickens, it’s really a Cantugbas Womens Association for four years. Association, Caitican Farmers Association, huge help for us because it can increase our “Dako nakong pasalamat sa Sea Grapes RIC, Dancing Lady RIC, and families’ income),” Garbanzos said. DA ilabi na gyud kanamo sa Cantugbas Balolong Livelihood Association. (rac/PIA7 Another recipient, Gloria Agan, Women’s Association kay kanunay gyud silang Siquijor/Mary Jane Banglos/DA-PATCO) president of Balas-Balas RIC, expressed her
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The National Anti-Poverty Commission conceded that the Covid-19 pandemic has made things difficult, but it did not prevent the implementation of poverty alleviation programs nationwide. “In fact, 2020 was a busy year for NAPC in ensuring that government services got to the basic sectors during the pandemic,” said Secretary Noel K. Felongco told reporters in Cebu City during the weekend. He said that as proof, the NAPC was able to forge a total of 69 memorandum of agreements with local government units in the Visayas. This was matched by a total of 58 MOAs inked with LGUs in Mindanao. The MOAs ensured the implementation of the agency’s flagship Sambayanihan Serbisyong Sambayanan anti-poverty program in partnership with the
LGUs. The overall objective is to ensure that poverty incidence is brought down to 14 per cent in 2022. Felongco said the NAPC was able to accomplish the feat through virtual conferences with the LGUs that responded favorably. In the Visayas, the MOAs established partnerships with the provinces of Bohol, Siquijor and Southern Leyte as well as with various cities and towns in Negros Occidental, Aklan, Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Leyte, Samar, Bilirang and Southern Leyte. NAPC’s mandates is backed by memorandum circular 59 issued by Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medaldea in March 2019 that directed all government offices, agencies, instrumentalities and government-controlled corporations to support and actively participate in the implementation of the Sambayanihan
program. With the roll-out of vaccines, Felongco said the year 2021 offers hope of healing and economic recovery. “Hence we are looking at the rollout of household monitoring survey in target priority areas in 400 cities, municipalities and in 4,000 barangays across the country,” said Felongco. He said the NAPC also sought to organize one million Kasambayanihan volunteers as grassroots stewards for poverty reduction monitoring. “This to ensure that government services are accessed by the poor sectors that needed them most,” he said. The NAPC also sought to expand this year convergence platforms for “capacity building activities and social enterprise creation” in partnership with at least 200 LGUs nationwide.
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S&T project boosts livelihood in Bitaug EV, Siquijor
By Engr. Joelline Ann D. Ates SRA&IO-designate/DOST Siquijor
The members of the Bitaug Small Coconut Farmers Association (BISMACOFA) are all smiles as they start to reap the fruits of their labor. This is all a result of the efforts of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Siquijor State College (SSC), Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), Department of Agriculture (DA), the barangay and local government units of Bitaug, Enrique Villanueva and other cooperators for pouring all their resources to make this thing happen “Daku kaayu’g gikatabang sa amoa ang bag-ong teknolohiya ug unsaon pagpaagi ang pagtanom sa mani sa binag-o nga paagi, gamitan sa binag-ong teknolohiya. Among nakita nga sa among giharvest karon nga mani, daku kaayu siyag gikatabang sa among panginabuhian, ilabi na kon amo kining masustinihan sa umaabot nga mga adlaw (The new technology on how to farm peanut through the updated method with the use of new technology has an enormous boost to us. We saw in our current peanut harvest that it has tremendously helped in our livelihood, especially if we could sustain it in the near future)”, says BISMACOFA Vice Pres. Medardo Banglos. This was manifested recently as the Bitaug Small Coconut Farmers Association (BISMACOFA) in Brgy. Bitaug, Enrique Villanueva, Siquijor, harvested their peanut and other farm produce where they have started to feel the positive impact of the Community Empowerment through Science and Technology or CEST project of DOST-7 through its Provincial S&T Center in Siquijor (PSTC Siquijor) and SSC. DOST-PCAARD and the Siquijor State College for the STC4iD Project With the project, the farmerbeneficiaries who envisioned Bitaug to be a progressive barangay are grateful for the boost to their community empowerment and livelihood development through the series of technology and skills development trainings and workshops, particularly on peanut and vermicompost production. It also introduces other innovative means and
DOST-Siquijor Provincial Director Engr. Mario de la Peña sharing the happiness of BISMACOFA’s members on their bountiful harvest during the harvesting of the first peanut production at the DOST-assisted farm in Bitaug, Enrique Villanueva, Siquijor. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor with DOST Siquijor photo) provides commodities and services that are directly relevant to the needs of the farmer-beneficiaries for the construction and establishment, operation, and management of the peanut farm and vermicompost facility. The CEST project, which supports the current S&T Community-based Program for Inclusive Development (STC4iD) of the DOST-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST – PCAARRD) in Brgy. Bitaug, focuses on peanut and vermicompost production where a total of three hectares of idle land in four puroks in the municipality of Enrique Villanueva were planted with peanut. The peanut production consists of two croppings: the first cropping took place from October 2020 to January 2021, while the second cropping will be done in May to June this year. The vermicast from the vermicompost production is not only intended to fertilize the soil in the respondent sites but also in nearby farms that need enrichment. Meanwhile, the herbage from the peanut plants that serves as byproduct of
the peanut production and is rich in nitrogen is being used as feed for the vermicompost production. Through crop-cut sampling in all the respondent sites in January, an estimated average yield of 4,109.56 kg of marketable peanuts per hectare or 4.11 MT and 10,401.85 kg or 10.40 MT of fresh biomass herbage yield per hectare for vermicompost production were produced from the first cropping. Fresh unshelled peanuts are sold for P60 per kilo while dried ones will be sold at a higher price. Harvesting of remaining areas is still being done in all the sites to come up with the actual yield. To note, the province of Siquijor since the 1970s was popular for its bounty in peanut production, supplying nearby cities and provinces of Central Visayas and Mindanao for commercial processing and other industrial uses. But due to El Niño in 2018, total output of peanut in the province fell from 118.78 MT in 2017 to 1.63 in 2018 and 3.28 in 2019 based on data from the Office of the OPA in the province of Siquijor. (Engr. Joelline Ann D. Ates/SRA&IO-designate/DOST Siquijor PSTC S&T Media Service)