Gov. Yap challenges farmers to boost production thru farm mechanization
Governor Art C. Yap challenged the Boholano farmers through the Municipal Agriculturists (MAs) and Municipal Agricultural Officers (MAOs) to engage in farm mechanization by availing loans being offered by the Land Bank of the Philippines with 3% interest rate payable within 10 years.
Gov. Yap during the Provincial Coordinating Committee on Agri-Fishery (PCCAF) meeting last Monday held at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall attended by the MAs/MAOs said that it is the right time to take this good opportunity to borrow money to buy farm machineries to expand farm areas for mass production.
The governor explained that our dreamed increase production would not be achieved if we are only contented or concentrated on the areas what have been tilling now.
He urged the MAs/MAOs to establish the cluster areas composed of adjacent municipalities which have the areas of thousands of hectares (has.) and choose what commodities commonly suitable in the areas so that it could come-up with mass production.
The governor has a high hope that once our production would be increased at a high level, the province could establish processing centers that would generate more jobs to the Boholanos.
During the PCCAF meeting, Gov. Yap intently listening assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas who facilitated to gather the target data from the MAs/MAOs regarding the number of hectares in their respective localities to be planted with different agricultural products such as rice, corn, ubi, sweat potato, coffee, cacao, banana, endemic fruit trees among others.
Pamugas expected that in the next planting season more farm areas would be tilled since during the PCCAF meeting the MAs/MAOs themselves personally gave the figures on the number of hectares to be planted from their potential areas for different commodities.
On that meeting, Gov. Yap urged them to produce more Saba banana which is good in market, nutritional and as an additional staple for food security in the province.
He also advised them that those municipalities who have smaller areas for corn, ubi and other crops like Albur and Baclayon to plant it with fruit trees and vegetables. (Atoy Cosap)
Gov. Yap challenges farmers to boost
production thru farm mechanization
FARM MECHANIZATION. Gov. Art C. Yap (left photo) challenges the Boholano farmers through the Municipal Agriculturists (MAs) and Municipal Agricultural Officers (MAOs) during the Provincial Coordinating Committee on Agri-Fishery (PCCAF) meeting last Monday at the SP Session Hall to engage in mechanized farming and avail loans from Land Bank of the Philippines to buy farm machineries; while Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Larry M. Pamugas (right photo standing with mic) facilitates in the gathering of target data to be planted of different agri products from among the MAS/MAOs in the said meeting.
