26 October 2005
City farmers’ harvest bountiful
By SHEILA HORTALEZA-AQUINO
FARMERS of Dagupan City are now enjoying good harvests after availing of hybrid, registered and certified seeds from the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the assistance of the City Agriculture Office.
Hybrid rice, also called Ginintuang Masaganang Ani rice, increases production from an average inbred production of 5.5 metric tons to some 8-12 metric tons per hectare.
Farmers are encouraged to plant hybrid rice during dry season while registered/certified seeds are best planted in the wet season.
“Promotion of these seeds is a national program of the DA with the aim of increasing rice production and attaining food security,” City Agriculturist Emma Molina said.
Under the program, eight farmers from barangay Mangin availed of 20 kilos each of subsidized hybrid seeds while five farmers from barangays Caranglaan, Malued and Lucao bought registered seeds and another two purchased certified seeds.
The seeds coming from the DA are originally priced at P2.400 per bag (20 kilos) which is good for one hectare of riceland.
“It was then subsidized by the DA-Integrated Satellite Station Regional Field Unit I and the price decreased to P1,300 per bag until it was later sold at P650 per bag after it was subsidized by the provincial government in Lingayen through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist,” according to Agricultural Technologists Tess Pascua.
Another agricultural technologist, Milagros Caoile, said farmers have always requested for the support of the government to provide supplemental irrigation such as shallow tube wells to improve their technology and increase production. (Sheila Aquino)
FARMERS of Dagupan City are now enjoying good harvests after availing of hybrid, registered and certified seeds from the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the assistance of the City Agriculture Office.
Hybrid rice, also called Ginintuang Masaganang Ani rice, increases production from an average inbred production of 5.5 metric tons to some 8-12 metric tons per hectare.
Farmers are encouraged to plant hybrid rice during dry season while registered/certified seeds are best planted in the wet season.
“Promotion of these seeds is a national program of the DA with the aim of increasing rice production and attaining food security,” City Agriculturist Emma Molina said.
Under the program, eight farmers from barangay Mangin availed of 20 kilos each of subsidized hybrid seeds while five farmers from barangays Caranglaan, Malued and Lucao bought registered seeds and another two purchased certified seeds.
The seeds coming from the DA are originally priced at P2.400 per bag (20 kilos) which is good for one hectare of riceland.
“It was then subsidized by the DA-Integrated Satellite Station Regional Field Unit I and the price decreased to P1,300 per bag until it was later sold at P650 per bag after it was subsidized by the provincial government in Lingayen through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist,” according to Agricultural Technologists Tess Pascua.
Another agricultural technologist, Milagros Caoile, said farmers have always requested for the support of the government to provide supplemental irrigation such as shallow tube wells to improve their technology and increase production. (Sheila Aquino)
