DA releases P5.8-M machineries and equipment in Dinas Zamboanga del Sur

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(right) DA Sec. Alcala with Dinas Mayor Basilio Vidad

DA Sec. Alcala Award certificate of projects to the farmers

DINAS, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept. 4 (PNA) -– The Department of Agriculture (DA) has released P5.8-million machineries and equipment as well as farm working animals to groups of farmers here in the region.

DA Secretary Proceso Alcala led the distribution of the machineries and equipment Wednesday during the opening of the two-day First National Adlai Grand Farmer’s Field Days and Technology Forum in this municipality.

The beneficiaries of DA’s assistance are the farmers groups from the towns of Lapuyan, Tambulig, Ramon Magsaysay, Tukuran, Tigbao, Dumalinao, San Pablo, Mahayag, Labangan, Bayog, Dinas, Kumalarang, Guipos, Dumingag, and Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur; Siay, Titay, and Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay; Siocon, Liloy, Polanco, and Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.

The machineries and equipment included power sprays, water pumps, collapsible dryers, rice threshers, hand tractors and mudboats.

The Lapuyan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LAPAMUCO) also received a farm tractor worth P1.9-million to boost the cooperative’s corn production. A nursery will also be established for the cooperative.

Organic biological fertilizer plants will also be established for LAPAMUCO and the Convergence of Non-Government Organization of Zamboanga del Sur for the Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (CONZARRD) in Guipos, this province.

Alcala have also raffled off livestock, a water buffalo and a plow and harrow during the opening of the First National Adlai Grand Farmer’s Field Days and Technology Forum in this town.

The adlai forum ended Thursday. The event is anchored on the theme “Harnessing the Potentials of Adlai as Additional Staple Food for Filipinos.” (PNA)
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