DA sets technology forum on Adlai production in Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur

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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug. 28 (PNA) -– The Department of Agriculture (DA) is holding a two-day technology forum on Adlai production in the nearby town of Dinas, this province.

DA-9 PIO Melba Wee

The two-day event, dubbed as the First National Adlai Grand Farmer’s Field Days and Technology Forum, is set to be held next month from Sept. 3-4 with no less than DA Secretary Proceso Alcala as the keynote speaker.

Alcala has helped promote Adlai as alternative food crop.

DA Regional Information Officer Melba Wee said Thursday the two-day activity will be spearheaded by DA Regional Director Constancio Alama and the Zamboanga Peninsula Integrated Agricultural Research Center (ZAMPIARC) in collaboration with the Mindanao Zonal Research Development and Extension Network, Bureau of Agricultural Research, High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP), National Adlai Technical Working Group and the municipal government Dinas.

Wee said the two-day event will showcase Adlai production and management technologies in varying crop stages, regional booths and exhibits, Adlai farm machinery demonstration, post-harvest processing technologies, Adlai value-added products, farmer’s forum and symposium, among others.

Adlai is a tall-grain bearing tropical plant that has been growing abundantly in the country and is being cultivated since ancient times as staple food.

Wee said more or less 1,000 farmers, Local Government Units (LGUs), private sector representatives and investors from Mindanao and other parts of the country are expected to join the momentous event.

Wee also said the forum will be held in Dinas since the town has been very supportive to DA’s Adlai production program, as it has a four-hectare farm now being used as techno-demo farm by the Betinan Agricultural Research Station of San Miguel town.

She said DA is promoting Adlai as one of the important alternative food crops in support of DA’s Food Staple Sufficiency Program.

The two-day forum is themed: “Harnessing the Potentials of Adlai as Additional Staple Food for Filipinos.” (PNA)
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