DA turns over P3-M modernized agriculture facility to Bislig City
BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur (PIA) – A P3 Million worth of Modernized Agriculture Facility was formally received by the city government of Bislig through Mayor Florencio Garay from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Caraga, during the turnover ceremony held on Friday, August 6, 2021, in the city.
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| Photo credit to: DA Caraga |
The
project was funded under the DA–Caraga’s High-Value Crops Development Program
(HVCDP) through the Urban Agriculture Program under the Bayanihan to Recover as
One Act (Bayanihan II).
The said
facility is the first in Surigao del Sur established at the Organic
Agri-Fishery Tourism Complex in Sian, Sta. Cruz, Bislig City, one of the five
projects installed in the region.
According
to DA-Caraga HVCDP Coordinator Marco Antonio Morido, the project is also in
support of the Plant Plant Plant Program, a DA program in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. He also said the nursery which has a capacity of 50,000
seedlings will be very useful in the city government's initiative of
distributing planting materials to households for them to plant in their
backyards.
Mayor
Garay, on the other hand, said they would provide support to ensure the
sustainability of the project. The official hopes that the project’s use would
be maximized and that it will contribute to the development of the agriculture
sector in the city.
The facility features a Hydroponics System, an agriculture greenhouse, and a nursery with Automated Fertigation System. It has also a component of a season-long training that will run for 16 weeks. (DA/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
