Mindanaotoday.com | DA-10, MisOr PLGU fortify ties for collaborative agri dev’t projects
By: Azbie Talib
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Agriculture-10 (DA-10) and the provincial government of Misamis Oriental (PLGU MisOr) vowed to complement and harmonize each one’s actions and efforts in implementing agricultural development projects in the province in the next years.
This transpired in a meeting between Milo D. delos Reyes, DA-10 OIC-Regional Executive Director, and Gov. Peter Unabia of Misamis Oriental at the provincial capitol, Monday, August 15.
Together with the DA-10’s operations and planning team, delos Reyes presented to Unabia DA’s pipelined and proposed agriculture programs and projects for the province in 2022 and 2023 in said meeting.
Misamis Oriental is being appropriated various DA livelihood and enterprising projects through DA’s regular and special programs, namely: Rice, Corn, Livestock, High Value Crops Development, Organic Agriculture, Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2), Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang Katutubo (4Ks), and the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD).
This year, DA-10 has pipelined P91.09-million worth of agri interventions for Misamis Oriental. In 2023, the province has been proposed for P182.11-million worth of agri assistance.
In the meeting, Unabia affirmed his administration’s support to DA in complementing the agency’s programs and projects in the province.
He stressed the need for a unified project implementation between DA and the PLGU to ascertain continuity and sustainability of projects co-implemented by the two government entities, underscoring the need for holistic social preparation programs.
For his part, delos Reyes said, DA-RFO 10 will harmonize with the PLGU in implementing the agency’s projects for optimized government funds utilization by avoiding project duplication.
He also emphasized the need for DA and the PLGU to work together in identifying “hot” agricultural commodities to be planted by farmers, and programming their cropping schedule, to prevent overproduction and market apathy.
DA-10 and MisOr PLGU also agreed to undertake collaborative market development programs to help farmers in Misamis Oriental to earn decent income in selling their produce.
In the meeting, Dir. delos Reyes also formally turned over P1.22 million worth of Veterinary Drugs and Biologics, Plastic Crates and Fermentation Crates to the province through Unabia. (ATT | DA-10)
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