JAMINDAN, Capiz โ The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas partnered with the Philippine Armyโs 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) to promote high-value crops farming inside Camp Macario Peralta here.
Through the High-Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP), DA Region 6 turned over assorted vegetable seeds, seedlings, garden tools, and pump and engine set to boost food security at the Army base.
โI๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐จa ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐จ๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ,โ said DA-6โs HVCDP focal person Jonifer Frades.
Frades also underscored that in support of the expansion of vegetable production areas in the region, the project would help the 3ID troops produce their food inside the camp.
The soldiersโ’ headquarters had enough areas for planting vegetables, coffee, cacao, and other fruit trees, said 3ID assistant commander, Brigadier General Noel Baluyan.
โ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ (DA Regional) ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ (Remelyn) ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ช ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ,โ Baluyan added.
The Assistant Division Commander also expressed interest in cultivating mushrooms to intensify farming activities with the goal of ensuring food sufficiency in the community.
โWe will always seek assistance from the DA. This is just the start of our partnership with DA, ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ,โ said Baluyan.
The 3ID is also scheduled to receive a shredder machine. (DA-6/PN)
