The San Jose Breeding Station of the Department of Agriculture-7 (DA7) is now being enhanced and improved to cater to the needs of the farmers.
San Jose Breeding Station is a satellite research outreach station (ROS) of Negros Oriental Research and Development Center (NORDC) of DA7. It is located in Barangay Janay-Janay in the Municipality of San Jose.
DA-7 Regional Executive Director Atty. Salvador Diputado during his recent visit to the station found the area productive and functional. He said that the center aside from being a livestock breeding station, is now a diversified ROS with the establishment of other crops production areas like cacao and coffee.
Diputado also bared the agency’s plan for the ROS to be positioned as a potential expansion area of the cacao-coconut intercropping as well as the super sweet jackfruit seedlings.
Evansueda Abbas, NORDC Chief said that the station has one hectare each for cacao and coffee plantation. It also has 20 heads of breeder turkeys and 30 heads of native chicken with offsprings intended for distribution under dispersal program.
Diputado added that before the release of seedlings or any interventions to farmer-recipients, the area of the farmers must be validated first.
Sarah Perocho, DA7’s Provincial Agriculture Technology and Program Coordinating Office (PATCO) in Negros Oriental shared that the station will remain to operate now that it is being facelifted and improved.
“Ang in-charge diri nga research station naglihok jud aron mapalambo ang station para sa mga mag-uuma,” Perocho said. # # # (DA-RFO VII, RAFIS)
