Farmer-leaders of Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
project in Region III are getting ready for a grant turn-over through training
facilitated by Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Science City of
Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, March 14-16.
The training, a component of Agrarian Reform Community
Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) program, equips the
Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in Central Luzon
with skills needed in the safe operation of farm implements, which the
Department will soon distribute in the area.
Ming Ocampo, DAR training coordinator, said farmers will
receive, among others such as tractor, harvester, and thresher, to help solve
labor scarcity during peak operations and ensure the quality of rice harvests.
DAR’s banner program also aims to increase ARBs’ income,
farm productivity, and crop value through farm service facilities
Aside from training farmer-leaders on safe farm machine
operations and maintenance, PalayCheck system, an integrated farming system
that uses cost-effective technologies, was also be promoted to the farmers.
Lea dR. Abaoag, division head of PhilRice Technology
Management and Services Division, said “dissemination of rice information and
cost-effective technologies is hoped to be accelerated through the farmer
networks that ARCCESS will create.”
Through an agreement with DAR, PhilRice will also provide
technical skills to farmer-leaders and open access to rice information and decision
support tools through PhilRice’s Text
Center and Pinoy Rice
Knowledge Bank.
DA-PhilRice is a government-owned and –controlled
corporation that aims at developing high-yielding, cost-reducing, and
environment-friendly technologies so farmers can produce enough rice for all
Filipinos.
For more information, please visit or contact DA-PhilRice at
Maligaya, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija with telephone number (044)
456-0285 loc 511/512 or any PhilRice station near you. You may also text your
questions to 0920-911-1398.
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