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==[[Quirino News]]==
==[[Quirino News]]==
'''DOLE 2 targets 8 community enterprise projects this year'''
'''Rat infestation in Isabela, Quirino under control – DA 2'''
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451328934479
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=481329346689
*Saturday 11th of February 2012
*Thursday 16th of February 2012
:by  Saturday 11th of February 2012
:by  Thelma C. Bicarme and Merlito G. Edale, Jr.




TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 2 aims to implement eight Community Enterprise Projects (CEP) this year in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Feb. 16 -- The rat infestation in the provinces of Isabela and Quirino in Cagayan Valley (Region 2) is under control, according to Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 2 Director Lucrecio R. Alviar, Jr.
   
   
DOLE 2 director Atty. Sixto T. Rodriquez Jr. said that under the program, P500,000 will be provided by the labor department to each of the projects to be determined by the different field offices.
In his report to Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, Alviar said the infestation was slight, as damage was only confined to palay crops planted along creeks and irrigation canals.
   
   
Director Rodriguez said the fund that comes from the DOLE will be used to enhance the existing business of the proponent-association in a community.
Alviar said that in Isabela, about 7,977 hectares were slightly affected, comprising 15 percent of the total area planted (51,497 hectares). The crops were on their vegetative and reproductive stages. In Quirino, about 1,070 hectares were also slightly affected, out of the total 2,065 hectares planted to palay crops that were on their vegetative stage.
   
   
“This initiative of the DOLE is done with partner agencies like local government units, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Agriculture and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority,” Rodriguez further said.
Alviar said the rat infestation was confined only in Isabela and Quirino, and in no other areas in Region 2.
   
   
Last year, the department had funded three projects in the provinces Cagayan, Isabela and Quirino such as the coconut processing in Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, mongo processing in San Mateo, Isabela and banana chips processing in the province of Quirino.
The DA, through the Cagayan Valley Integrated Agricultural Research Center, initially provided affected farmers with 27 kilograms of rodenticides.
   
   
“There were also pending projects for Solano, Nueva Vizcaya for its Bio- Organic Fertilizer Production and Lallo, Cagayan for Lubeg Wine Production. These, however, are assured to be implemented this year as included from the target number of projects,” Rodriguez assured.
A massive rat-baiting campaign was also undertaken in affected areas by municipal agricultural extension workers, farmer-leader extentionists, barangay officials, and farmers in both provinces, Alviar said. (TCB/MGE/PIA-Isabela)
CEP aims to transform community livelihoods into sustainable business. It was conceptualized to help disadvantaged and vulnerable workers who have inadequate income, limited access to productive resources and no social securities in a community. (TCB/RBE/IS/PIA 2)


==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==
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