Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur – A P2.5 million rubber and corn production project under will
soon be implemented in Bayog.
The project which is under
the Mindanao Rural Development Program – Community Fund for Agricultural
Development (MRDP-CFAD) of the Department of Agriculture will have a local counterpart
of P500,000.00 from the local government unit of Bayog.
As a prerequisite, a pre-implementation orientation
about the program was conducted by Nestor Cawanan, CFAD Coordinator, MRDP-Ipil,
Zamboanga Sibugay to some 80 People’s Organizations (POs) and barangay
officials of five barangays last Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at the Glupa Gulian
Agro-Tourism Park, Sitio Quibranza, Kahayagan, this municipality.
The recipient barangays of this project are Bobuan,
Camp Blessing, Conacon, Dagum and Dimalinao all of Bayog.
The orientation was also attended by the LGU officials
headed by Mayor Leonardo Babasa, Jr.. SB Member Celso Matias, Multi-Sectoral
Committee chair Allan Grafil, representative from the Pioneer Company and
Municipal Agriculturist officer in charge Nora Paredes who facilitated the
activity.
In his message, Mayor Babasa urged the participants to work
hard and support the program to attain its goal.
“You play an important role in our economy, since
farmers are the backbone of the country,” he said.
“I hope you will do your best to attain it so that the
government will also continue with this program,” Babasa added.
(JPA/CAL/BAG-PIO-Bayog/PIA9)
