Sustaining its drive to make Bayambang self-sufficient, the local government under Mayor Ricardo M. Camacho turned-over almost 2,000 bags of certified rice seeds and another 1,000 bags of hybrid rice seeds to the town's farmers, according to figures from the Municipal Agriculture Office.
The cost of the first 2,000 bags of certified seeds was subsidized by the LGU at P300 per bag.
However, through a memorandum, the Department of Agriculture Regional Office, gave an added subsidy of P600 per bag.
In addition to the subsidy, the LGU is also providing material and technical inputs through cluster demo farms.
Cluster demos are done in each barangay at five hectares planted to hybrid rice seeds and five hectares to certified seeds.
Demo farms for hybrid seeds are provided with a bag of urea fertilizer and two bags of organic fertilizer per hectare.
Demo farms for certified seeds received a bag of urea fertilizer, two bags of 14-14-14 fertilizer and herbicide.
MAO technicians monitor the demo farms.*
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