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MACHINERY DISTRIBUTION. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization turns over some 238 units of farm machinery worth PHP315 million to Pangasinan farmers cooperatives and associations on Dec. 13, 2021. The project is part of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund mechanization program. (Photo courtesy of Province of Pangasinan's Facebook page) STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan - The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) has distributed machinery worth PHP315 million under the mechanization program of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) that will benefit 142 qualified farmers cooperatives and association (FCAs) in the province. In a statement Tuesday, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said some 238 units of machinery included four-wheel drive tractors, rice combine harvesters, hand tractors, power take-off driven disc plows/harrows, riding-type transplanters, walk-behind transplanters, among others. The beneficiar ....
(File photo) LINGAYEN, Pangasinan - The Department of Agriculture (DA) will start delivering piglets to areas in Pangasinan that have been affected by the African swine fever (ASF) on the third week of this month as part of its hog repopulation program. In an interview during his visit to Pangasinan on Friday, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said about PHP38.2 million has been allotted for the repopulation program in the province following the ASF outbreak. "The sentinels will be observed for about 90 to 120 days and then will be tested. If the tests turned negative, then the area will be declared free and they can start hog repopulation," Dar said. He added that the process of declaring an area as ASF-free has been reversed, as instead of the DA, the local government units (LGUs) would now confirm first if the area is no longer ASF-affected. "The LGUs will be the first to declare if the area is ASF-free and it will be validated by the DA's Bureau of Animal Industr ....