links: http://www.gov.ph/2013/04/17/da-grants-p80-m-agrifishery-support-to-polillo-farmers-fishers/
DA grants P80-M agrifishery support to Polillo farmers, fisherfolks
An April 17, 2013, press release from the Department of Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is
allotting an initial P80 million for various agricultural and fishery
projects to further increase the productivity and income of small
farmers and fisherfolk in five towns comprising the Polillo group of
islands, in Quezon.
Secretary of Agriculture Proceso J.
Alcala said such assistance is also aimed at making Polillo sufficient
in rice, other staples, fish, vegetables, and other crops. He led the
distribution of various farm inputs, equipment, and projects to more
than 1,000 farmers, fisherfolk, and local government officials during a
two-day visit, highlighted by the Agriculture and Fisheries Development
Summit at Polillo town hall, on April 15, 2013.
He said the DA through its Region 4-A
(Calabarzon) office and other concerned DA agencies are assisting the
local governments of the five towns (Polillo, Jomalig, Patnanungan,
Burdeos, and Panukulan) craft a medium-term agriculture and fisheries
development plan or roadmap to make Polilians sufficient in rice and
major staples.
“We need to expand the area planted to
rice in each of the barangays in Polillo group of islands in line with
the Aquino government’s goal to achieve sufficiency in rice by end of
2013,” said the DA chief. He asked Polillian farmers to coordinate with
the DA’s Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM), led by Dir. Vince
Tejada, to locate springs to be tapped as sources of irrigation, and
establishment of small water impounding projects (SWIPs).
The bulk of the interventions consisted
of P54.7-M worth of crop and accident insurance coverage from the DA’s
Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), for farmers, fisherfolk
and their families in the five towns of Polillo (P13.5-M worth of
insurance), Jomalig (P15M), Patnanungan (P9.6M), Burdeos (P8.35M), and
Panukulan (P8.25M).
The DA through Philippine Coconut
Authority (PCA) also provided P14-M worth of assistance in the form of
thousands of coconut seedlings and livelihood projects under the DA-PCA
KAANIB program.
Further, he instructed PCA Administrator
Euclides Forbes to set up a coconut processing facility in Polillo that
will produce virgin coconut oil, coco sugar, water, and coir, among
other coconut by-products.
For its part, the DA’s Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) provided P5-million worth of
fishnets, fishing gears, and paraphernalia.
Two barangay food terminals worth P2M
will be established by the DA’s Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance
Service (AMAS), while P1.5-M worth of farm equipment (hand tractors,
water engine pumps, and coffee dryer), native pig and chicken, and a
training module was allotted under the DA’s organic agriculture program.
The DA High Value Crops Development
Program (HVCDP) provided P1.7-M worth of farm equipment and various
fruit seedlings (rambutan, lanzones, citrus, coffee, and cacao),
rootcrops (ube), and assorted vegetable seeds. The equipment included
knapsack sprayers, cacao dehuller, pH meters, and repair of Bio-N
fertilizer facility.
The DA rice and corn programs gave
P1.4-M worth of certified rice seeds (200 50-kilo bags worth P240,000),
150 bags of yellow and white corn seeds (P360,000), and dozens of farm
equipment that included hand tractors, rice cutters, knapsack sprayers,
collapsible dryers, and laminated tarps or trapal.
Polillian rural women and youth, who are
members of Rural Improvement Clubs (RICs) and 4-H Clubs, also received
P170,000-worth of livelihood projects from the DA’s Agricultural
Training Institute.
During the forum, Secretary Alcala
promptly addressed the concerns and issues raised by farmers and
fisherfolk. He was assisted by head of DA agencies present that included
Assistant Secretary and national corn program coordinator Edilberto de
Luna, PCA Administrator Euclides Forbes, PCIC President Jovy Bernabe,
BSWM Director Silvino Tejada, BFAR Director Asis Perez, and DA Region
4-A Director Vilma Dimaculangan.
Secretary Alcala also raffled off to
participants several heads of farm animals (cattle, carabaos with
implements, piglets, sheep, and cattle), and hand tractors to each of
the five municipalities in Polillo.
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