TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, May 27 (PIA) – Not only that they will provide quality seeds but to help the Department of Agriculture in its Hybridization Program to help farmers achieve better and higher yields than the usual.
This after said companies namely SL Agritech Corporation,Bayer Cropscience Philippines, Corteva Agriscience Philippines Inc., Syngenta Philippines Inc., Longping Tropical Rice Development Inc., Seedworks Philippines Inc., Bioseed Research Philippines Inc., Aljay Agro-Industrial Solutions Inc. and UPL Philippines Inc. - Advanta Seeds entered into a memorandum of agreement with the department in the implementation of said program.
The strong partnership with these private companies according to Regional Executive Director Narciso Edillo is very important for the farmer as they will also provide package of technologies of their products as well as to help in the profiling of farmers, establishment of production learning venter, adopt a hybrid cluster areas a
Published December 18, 2020, 5:00 PM
The Department of Agriculture (DA-7) with the Cebu Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO), Local Government Unit (LGU) of Asturias, Cebu and Virginia Farms Incorporated conducted the corn varietal derby in Asturias town in Cebu 1st week of December this year to showcase corn production of various corn varieties.
DA-7 Regional Executive Director Atty. Salvador Diputado said that the corn derby is a tri-partite sectoral collaboration among government, LGUs and private companies to help uplift the lives of the farmers in Cebu.
The 4.5 hectare corn derby area is owned by Virginia Farms showcasing seven different high yielding corn varieties from three private seed companies Syngenta Philippines Inc., Bayer Crop Science Inc., and Corteva Agriscience.