Provincial government to give P1M each to 49 LGUs with FSTP

• Source: http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2016/08/13/1613062/provincial-government-give-p1m-each-49-lgus-fstp
• Saturday, August 13, 2016 12:00 am

By Mae Clydyl L. Avila (The Freeman)

CEBU, Philippines - The Cebu provincial government is set to release P49 million to distribute to local government units that have already implemented the Farmer-Scientist Training Program (FSTP).

This was announced by Governor Hilario Davide III during the Farmer’s Day celebration yesterday at the Social Hall of the Cebu Provincial Capitol.

Based on the records of the Provincial Agriculturist Office, 49 local government units have implemented the FSTP, which is a program that provides training to farmers to equip them with the knowledge on “sustainable” agriculture.

All LGUs in Cebu, except the cities of Talisay, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu and Cordova town, will receive P1 million. The three cities and one municipality have not implemented the FSTP yet.

The aid is in line with Executive Order No. 710 of 2008 which is a nationwide adoption of the corn-based farmer-scientists research training program to help the poor farmers.

In addition, Department of Agriculture-7 director Angel Enriquez also announced plans to expand the coverage of the Agri-Fishery Insurance Program, to cover not only crops but also livelihood animals. Freeman ( Article MRec ), pagematch: 1, sectionmatch:

The second Farmer’s Day gathered 631 attendees from different local government units and neighboring provinces.

Prizes were given to the farmers, including 12 knapsack sprayers, while 50 pieces of five kilos of Ganador rice was distributed to the attendees.

The provincial government also distributed different types of agri-machineries and equipment, including more than a dozen of hand jabbers, 10 corn shellers, three power sprayers, five drum seeders, one mechanized thresher, three biodegradable shredders, and 15 water pumps.