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Saturday, May 13, 2006
Arroyo to grace Zambo Sur fertilizer facility launching
PAGADIAN CITY -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will grace the first national launching of organic fertilizer production in the country, which will be held at the Provincial Government Complex in this city on the last week of May.
In a press conference held recently, Governor Aurora Cerilles said Arroyo will be the guest of honor together with Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban. Eleven governors are also invited to witness the activity.
"Of the 76 provinces in the country, only 12 have been chosen as beneficiaries of this program. We are very fortunate to be chosen as one of the program recipients," Cerilles explained. Cerilles said the initial amount of 1.5 million has already been released through the DA.
ZamboSur has already started using organic fertilizers a few years ago.
Congressman Antonio H. Cerilles and Govenor Aurora E. Cerilles applied it in their demo farm, resulting in greater yields of good crops.
DA 9 Regional Director Oscar Parawan said "with this program, I look forward to the day when the entrepreneurship would go down to the farmer groups that will be supporting it," adding that "organic fertilizer production will cater to the needs of the crop farms in Zamboanga del Sur."
Provincial Agriculturist Mahleen Bersales said: "The excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has polluted the soil and therefore, we need to use organic fertilizer to sustain the fertility of the soil."
She further explained that farming using organic fertilizer is a system where the greatest possible yields and returns are obtained from each unit of the land.
Governor Cerilles said with the full implementation of the project, Zamboanga del Sur would be one of the major organic fertilizer suppliers in the country and an excellent example, which deserves to be replicated.
(May 13, 2006 issue)
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