ENSURING that necessary infrastructure are in place in order that good quality harvested corn are traded by Dinas farmers, the Department of Agriculture (DA) recently provided them a corn-on-cob (COC) dryer and shredder machine.
These facilities form part of DA’s organic fertilizer production program community-based composting facility worth P950,000.
Regional Technical Director Constancio Alama, who represented RED Oscar Parawan, turned over the amenities to Mayor Wilfredo Asoy Sr. during the town’s 59th founding anniversary last Nov. 9.
The COC dryer is a DA funded project under its Diversified Farm Income and Market Development Project (DFIMDP) and counterparted by the local government.
The total project cost is P600,000. This dryer is capable of six metric tons or 6,000 kilos of COC. With this, farmers will have easier capability to process, store, and guarantee good quality corn for the local market.
At the same time, the DA through the Bureau of Soils and Water Management headed by Florentino Agustin, regional coordinator, likewise provided one 6.5 horse power shredder, two tea brewer, three vermi beds and 15 kilos of cultured worms worth P350,000.
Cultured earthworms are used in the so-called vermi technology utilized for composting and fish feeding.
In his message, Alama challenged the beneficiaries to maximize the full potential of the corn facility in order that their farming ventures will be sustained and attain significant success, a statement which Neda Corativo, DFIMDP finance officer, seconded.
Mayor Asoy responded that aside from corn, their town also produce cassava and coconut and in big numbers aside from abundant sea products.. He then assured DA that they will reciprocate the gifts received through continous productivity.
REPORT BY MARK LARIDE, DA-9
These facilities form part of DA’s organic fertilizer production program community-based composting facility worth P950,000.
Regional Technical Director Constancio Alama, who represented RED Oscar Parawan, turned over the amenities to Mayor Wilfredo Asoy Sr. during the town’s 59th founding anniversary last Nov. 9.
The COC dryer is a DA funded project under its Diversified Farm Income and Market Development Project (DFIMDP) and counterparted by the local government.
The total project cost is P600,000. This dryer is capable of six metric tons or 6,000 kilos of COC. With this, farmers will have easier capability to process, store, and guarantee good quality corn for the local market.
At the same time, the DA through the Bureau of Soils and Water Management headed by Florentino Agustin, regional coordinator, likewise provided one 6.5 horse power shredder, two tea brewer, three vermi beds and 15 kilos of cultured worms worth P350,000.
Cultured earthworms are used in the so-called vermi technology utilized for composting and fish feeding.
In his message, Alama challenged the beneficiaries to maximize the full potential of the corn facility in order that their farming ventures will be sustained and attain significant success, a statement which Neda Corativo, DFIMDP finance officer, seconded.
Mayor Asoy responded that aside from corn, their town also produce cassava and coconut and in big numbers aside from abundant sea products.. He then assured DA that they will reciprocate the gifts received through continous productivity.
REPORT BY MARK LARIDE, DA-9