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==DA - SoLeyte LGU culminates farmers’ classes== | |||
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=68037 | |||
*Wednesday, December 14, 2011 | |||
:by ES Gorne | |||
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec 14 (PIA8) -- About 194 farmers graduated today at the Bontoc multi hall from the farmer’s classes initiated by the Provincial Agricultural Services Office of the Southern Leyte provincial government as their counterpart in the multi-million Rice Production Enhancement Project funded from Germany. | |||
All of the 194 farmers beneficiaries came from the five participating municipalities of Bontoc, St. Bernard, Sogod, Libagon, and Malitbog, according to provincial agriculturist Marina Gador in an interview with PIA Southern Leyte. | |||
Gador reported that farmers who completed their classes conducted in different municipalities will culminate in a simple graduation ceremony today. | |||
The project involves the application of organic fertilizer that will improve the soil fertility thereby increase rice production, she added. | |||
Gador reported that an increase of rice production during the last cropping was noted even with the partial application of the technology by some farmers, who had already undertaken the farmer’s classes. | |||
She, however, hopes the realization of the 15 percent increase of rice production with the project in the second cropping by next year. | |||
Through the generosity of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH – Enhancement of Food Security (EFOS) in the Visayas with the funding from the European Union, a grant, amounting to P 8.567 million in support to the Southern Leyte Rice Production Enhancement Project is underway, OIC Provincial Agriculturist Marina Gador explained . | |||
While the provincial government counterparted with P 931,000, municipal local government units with P95,000, and farmer households gave P385,000 for the rice enhancement project, she said. (ESG-PIA8) | |||
==SoLeyte Day Care Workers campaign support to Magna Carta== | ==SoLeyte Day Care Workers campaign support to Magna Carta== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=67665 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=67665 | ||