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TRADE FAIR. The trade fair showcasing the products of 25 micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) formally opens at Robinsons Mall Antique on Thursday (Aug. 11, 2022). The trade fair, which will run until August 16, is held as part of the national celebration of the "Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa at Kulturang Pilipino".(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Antiquenos are encouraged to patronize local products as the province joined the national observance of the "Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa and Kulturang Pilipino" this August. Office of the Provincial Agriculture (OPA) administrative officer, Ma. Lourdes Fortaleza, made the call at the opening of the trade fair participated in by 25 micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) at the Robinson's Mall Antique aimed at promoting local products. "We want to help our local producers who had been affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) movement restrictions be ab
GOLDEN RICE. Chief of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist Nicolasito Calawag (left) and DA-PhilRice Negros Branch Director Gerardo Estoy (right) release a sack of Golden Rice to farmers in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique on June 2, 2022. Calawag said the new palay variety would address the province's malnutrition problem. (PNA photo courtesy of Antique PIO) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The "Golden Rice", a new palay variety developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), is being eyed to address the malnutrition problem in Antique. The province, which has a history of high malnutrition rate, has been identified as a pilot area for the new variety in Western Visayas, Office of Provincial Agriculturist chief Nicolasito Calawag said in an interview on Friday. "Golden Rice is rich in Vitamin A that it could address the Vitamin A deficiency that leads to malnutrition among our children," Calawag said. Based on data provided by the Provincia