THE Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) led by Provincial Farm Youth Development Program (FYDP) Coordinator Emily Omilig evaluated the Head Heart Hands Health (4H) Club members of the Youth Servant Leaders-Young Farmers Association (YSLYFA) at Sitio Tunga, Barangay Palampas in San Carlos on Tuesday, September 20, 2022.
Other evaluators composed of Celsa Meridor, Provincial Vegetable Coordinator Sammy Bongo, and Fifth and Sixth Districts 4H Coordinator Jose Marti Sellado also checked various plantations of the club members.
They are planting vegetables like string beans and winged beans (sigarilyas), moringa (malunggay), ampalaya, ridge gourd (patola), okra, eggplants, spring onions, lemon grass and root crops.
The evaluation team also checked the ways of growing their products, kinds of fertilizers used, watering frequency, market production as well as preventive and controlling measures of the pesticides in accordance with their framework.
Omilig said that it is part of Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson’s agenda on food security using basic agriculture, strengthening the agriculture sector among young farmers, and encouraging students as well as out of school youth to do farming.
She added that the assessment will also help the group on growing their products effectively through the help of different sectors, especially agriculture to help showcase small farming and food production models in the local community.
Roselyn Bayaton, president of YSLYFA, said the evaluation will also serve as a guide for them towards achieving a more efficient farming, produce good products, create income, and sustain their school allowances.
The YSLYFA farmers also produce organic products such as wine made of Bignay, Turmeric powder, Chili sauce and Corn coffee through the help of the Sisters for Christian Community (SFCC). (PR)