ILOILO City– Poultry farmers from Isla de Guimaras Native Chicken Production and Marketing Enterprise received over P4 million from the Provincial Government of Guimaras on Wednesday.
Said money will be used for the construction of the enterprise’s main building, grow-out pens, and breeding houses for native chicken.
Governor Samuel Gumarin, regional technical director of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region VI Rene Famoso, and provincial agriculturist Ronnie Morante led the turnover of the check worth P4,857,218.96 during the groundbreaking ceremony held in Barangay Mabini in Buenavista.
“Ang production sang native chicken for how many years diri sa probinsiya sang Guimaras wala gid nadula, with the support of the Department of Agriculture na-sustain sang probinsiya sang Guimaras ang production sang manok sa tanan nga mga konsumenador,” Gumarin said.
DA-6 regional director Remelyn Recoter, meanwhile, said that it has been the goal of the Philippine Rural Development Project to enable communities and enhance opportunities in the countryside, ultimately to raise incomes, productivity, and competitiveness of the local farmers and fisherfolk.
The Isla de Guimaras Native Chicken Production and Marketing Enterprise is composed of the following proponent groups: Buenavista Development Cooperative, Guimaras Poultry and Livestock Raisers Association, and Concordia Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association. The group has 257 members./PN
