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==[[Southern Leyte News]]== | ==[[Southern Leyte News]]== | ||
''' | '''LGU-Bontoc declares town as organic municipality''' | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m= | *Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=67366 | ||
*Friday, December 09, 2011 | *Friday, December 09, 2011 | ||
:by ES Gorne | :by ES Gorne | ||
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec 9 ( | MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec 9 (PIA) -- As the local government of Bontoc passed a resolution declaring the municipality an organic municipality, all of the other 40 barangays of the municipality are following suit. | ||
After the study visit in Bacolod City, the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) of Bontoc finally decided to go organic as a municipality. Thus paving the way for local officials to set aside a budget for organic-related projects and activities, SP member Benjie Goda, who is the chairperson on SP Committees on Appropriations and Solid Waste Management revealed. | |||
The municipality will produce organic products down to the barangay level according to SP Goda. Each of the barangays were provided with machines such as shredders and digesters to help them come up with organic products. | |||
One of the major organic products they have started to produce were organic fertilizers and feeds particularly with the introduction of the technologies like vermiculture, he said. | |||
Goda further disclosed that the local government also plans to establish an organic market, where all of the produce from the barangays will be accommodated. | |||
It was learned that with the utilization of the wastes through inaerobic technology, which was introduced by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) resulted to the reduction of the cost of feeds in the locality by 8 to 20 per cent, DOST provincial director Engr. Dominador Clavejo reported. | |||
Bontoc Credit Cooperative, Inc. ( BCCI), the biggest producer of feeds in the province, is now one of the advocates of producing organic feeds, Goda added. ### (PIA SoLeyte/esg) | |||
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