by Franklin P. Gumapon
DIPOLOG CITY, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- After receiving a national award for its Hi-Green Program, Zamboanga del Norte will soon be given financial assistance from the US Department of Agriculture.
Provincial Agriculturist Maybel Bustaliño said the financial aid from the US government will be used to further develop the Hi-Green Program of the provincial government.
The Hi-Green program, which is implemented by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), has earned for the provincial government the “Galing Pook Award” as it has successfully promoted vegetable and crop production in most barangays of the province through communal farming.
President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III personally handed the award to Gov. Rolando E. Yebes in Manila last April.
Yebes has also received recently another award as he emerged regional winner in the “Pamana ng Lahi Award” of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). The governor credited this award to the success of the Hi-Green program implementation in the province.
It was also through the OPA that the USAID-Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) signified to support the province’s Hi-Green program. (ALT/FPG/PIA-Zambo. Norte)
