Agri-fishery livelihood projects given visayandailystar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from visayandailystar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
February 04, 2021 THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Negros Occidental-South has collaborated with the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) and La Carlota City Government for the implementation of the sugarcane-rice cropping system (SRCS) project in Barangay Nagasi, La Carlota City.
The land being tilled by members of Hacienda Esperanza Communal Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association (Hecarba) was identified as one of the additional sites of the project in the province.
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer I Enrique Paderes, during the launching of the project on Wednesday, February 3, said the project is seen to directly benefit 30 members of the association.
Agri losses reach P110 million: OPA visayandailystar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from visayandailystar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
January 29, 2021 THE amount of losses brought by flooding to the agro-fishery sector, including livestock and poultry, of Negros Occidental is now pegged at almost P119 million.
The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), in a report submitted to Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson Friday, January 29, 2021, said the damage to crops, fisheries and irrigation structures caused by heavy rains, flash floods, strong winds and strong waves have reached P110 million.
From January 1 to 5, the OPA noted damage worth P20 million, P86.7 million from January 8 to 13, and P3.33 million from January 6 to 29 this year.
The P20-million five-day losses cover 1,576 affected farmers and fisherfolk with areas totaling 783.74 hectares in 43 barangays of cities of Sagay, Cadiz, Victorias, Silay and Talisay, and E.B Magalona town.
Agri losses hit P76 4 million visayandailystar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from visayandailystar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.