Agri-Abanse agricultural and fishery inputs, worth P11 million, were turned over to farmers from cities and municipalities of Negros Occidental to help enhance agricultural and fishery productivity, ensure food security, and provide livelihood opportunities.
The ceremonial turnover was led by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the Negros First Organic Technology Center (NFOTeC) in Brgy. Tabunan, Bago City.
The farmers received sugar-rice intercropping assistance, like rice seeds, fertilizer, ameliorants and inoculants, power sprayer, pump and engine, and multi-cultivator for high value commercial crops, rescue equipment for fisheries use, vegetable seeds, farms tools, organic fertilizer, and planting materials.
Lacson said that aiding the farmers and fisherfolk with the opportunity and technology is a step towards the realization of the collective goal to empower farmers and fisherfolk.
“Kun mag-uswag ang tecknolohiya para sa lokal nga produkto, maga-uswag man ang kabuhi sang mga mangunguma upod sa tagsa nila ka pamilya,” the governor said in a press release from the Capitol.
He assured the farmers of the provincial government’s support, for them to reach their utmost potential and improve their livelihood.
NFOTeC is managed by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, led by officer-in-charge Dina Genzola.
The provincial officials also checked the ongoing NFOTeC projects, bamboo nursery, tissue culture laboratory, vermicomposting facility, and rice processing complex at the site.
Present during the turnover ceremony were Board Members Jeffrey Tubola, Ryan Gamboa and Jose Benito Alonso, National Food Authority Negros Occidental acting branch manager Epifanio Cosca, Provincial Tourism Officer Cheryl Decena, Security Division head Renelo Lastierre, Tabunan Brgy. Capt. Henry Abdon, and city and municipal agriculturists. | NND
