DA turns-over farm equipment, livestocks to Lanao del Sur farmers

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, March 6 (PIA) --- Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala distributed farm equipment and livestock to farmers in the province to improve their productivity.

He was accompanied by officials from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the turn-over ceremony held at the Provincial Capitol grounds on Friday, February 28.

Alcala turned-over a four-wheel farm tractor costing P2.3 million to the local government unit (LGU) of Bumbaran and one corn mill each to Binidayan, Balindong, Calanogas and Marogong LGUs.

He also distributed 10 heads of carabao to 10 farmers’ cooperatives in Ditsaan-Ramain, Tamparan, Tugaya, Bubong, Maguing, and Marawi City and 20 heads of goat to two farmers’ cooperatives in Kapai town and another two in Marawi City.

Fifty units of knapsack sprayer were also given to farmer leaders in the province while 130 bags of organic fertilizer were handed out to three cooperatives from Wao, Saguiaran and Bubong.

Aside from that, Alcala also handed checks to the LGU of Ditsaan-Ramain, Taraka, Sultan Dumalondong, Piagapo, Calanogas, Bumbaran and Balindong amounting to P40 million for agricultural projects under the bottoms-up budgeting (BUB) process. (APB/PIA-10)