The Palay Sikatan Techno-Demo farms in the towns of Antique province are expecting higher yield this wet cropping season with the use of inbred seeds.<\/p>\n
Municipal Agriculture Officer (MAO) Rene Barte, in an interview on Monday here, said some six hectares farmlands tilled by six cooperators were identified as Palay Sikatan Techno-Demo farms.<\/p>\n
\u201cFarmers are expecting to be able to harvest in the coming days 130 cavans of palay from their previously 110 cavans per hectare only,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Aside from the inbred palay seeds, he said the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Philippine Rice (PhilRice) Institute gave the famers a subsidy of PHP25,000 per hectare for the purchase of fertilizer, pesticides, and other needed farm inputs.<\/p>\n
The palay is now on its ripening stage and is expected to be harvested this month. The planting period was from June to September this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cPalay Sikatan was implemented in Antique last year in Tobias Fornier and it turned out to be successful that San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran wrote a letter of intent to DA to be identified also as techno-demo site,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Another techno-demo farm is situated in a six-hectare farm in Barangays Bitadton and Esperanza in the municipality of Culasi with 12 farmer cooperators.<\/p>\n
Barte said they will be encouraging more farmers to adopt the program and the technology with the help of their Municipal Agriculture Offices (MAOs) because of its successful implementation.<\/p>\n
With higher yield, he said farmers could contribute to ensuring food security in the province. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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