ILOILO City – Rice farmers in Jamindan, Capiz received seeds and fertilizers support under the Rice Resiliency Project (RRP) of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
A total of 8,346 bags of urea fertilizers, certified inbred seeds for 1,481 hectares and hybrid seeds for 50 hectares were turned-over to the local government unit of Jamindan town on June 26, the DA in Region 6 said.
The farmer-beneficiaries are required to present empty sacks of their purchased fertilizer from a DA- accredited store, official receipt of purchase, empty sack of rice seeds, Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture stub and, valid ID in order to avail themselves of the free farm inputs from the Municipal Agricultural Office.
“In other region, the farmer-beneficiaries (are) selling (the) fertilizer they received from the national government,” DA-6 executive director Remelyn Recoter said during the ceremonial turn-over.
The RRP’s inputs subsidy is under DA’s Plant, Plant, Plant Program), or also known as the Ahon Lahat, Pagkaing Sapat Kontra COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) which aims to boost the local rice production amid the pandemic.
“During this time of pandemic, farmers are very important because you are the ones who are feeding us,” Gov. Esteban Contreras said to the farmers of Jamindan during the event. (With a report from PIA/PN)
