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DAVAO DEL SUR FARMERS RECEIVE MODEL FARM FOR CROP DIVERSIFICATION

DAVAO DEL SUR. As part of gearing the farmers towards diversified farming, the NIA Region XI turned over a newly completed and fully functional Model Farm to Palayan ng Blaan Communal Irrigation Association, Inc. in New Cabasagan, Matanao, Davao del Sur through a ceremony on July 27, 2022.

The greenhouse with a solar panel, and the open field are some of the components of the model farm located in New Cabasagan, Matanao, Davao del Sur that will be operated and maintained by the Palayan ng Blaan Communal Irrigation Association, Inc.

The model farm with a total project cost of Php1 Million comprised of a 403.90sqm Open Field Farmland, a 202sqm Greenhouse Structure, and installation of Storage Tank, Drip Irrigation, sprinklers, a solar powered pump and solar panel to which farmers cultivate high-valued crops such as strawberry, lettuce, and tomato.

Irrigators Association (IA) President Antonio R. Atamosa accepted the operation and maintenance of the model farm on behalf of the 184 members of the association who have started to adopt the techniques and technologies of the new crops through training and technical supervision of an Agronomist for one cropping season.

IA President Atamosa with one of the IA Board of Trustees, Mr. Demelito Apas gladly checks on some of the budding strawberry fruits in the greenhouse.

NIA XI Regional Manager Jimmy L. Apostol led the turnover ceremony along with Davao del Sur Irrigation Management Office (IMO) Division Manager Dexter F. Tinapay.

The farmer-beneficiaries Palayan ng Blaan Communal Irrigation Association, Inc. with their officers raising their thumbs in approval of their acceptance to the model farm, along with the key personnel of NIA Region XI during the turnover ceremony on June 27, 2022. 
Inside the greenhouse as NIA XI and the farmers surveyed the model farm area.

Prior to the turnover ceremony, attendees made a quick trip to the model farm to survey the main structures and the growth of young plants.

While emphasizing the IA’s new roles and responsibilities, RM Apostol also assured support and guidance to the farmers as the IA works to flourish the farm so they will reap not only the potential increase in incomes brought by diversified farming but to contribute to the food self-sufficiency and food security of their community. Engr. Tinapay likewise highlighted the sustainability of the model farm which now largely relies on the cooperation and involvement of the IA members and officers.

The drip irrigation on the strawberry seedlings.

The model farm- which is an avenue to learn new agricultural techniques and technologies to add for the livelihood of farmers, and a site for demonstration for other farmers and IAs to learn from- is part of the winnings of Palayan ng Blaan Communal Irrigation Association, Inc. as being one of NIA’s top five in the annual nationwide search for the Most Outstanding IA in the Communal Irrigation Systems (CIS) category in 2020.

A budding strawberry fruit in the greenhouse on the left, and a row of young lettuce plants in the open field area.

To fully capacitate the IA for the model farm, NIA XI enlists them under the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty Program (EPAHP), a convergence of different government agencies, academe, and the LGU that helps specific farmers’ groups in their livelihood.

RM Apostol (right) explains the setup of the model farm with Davao del Sur IMO Engineering Section Head Engr. Valdez, model farm Project-in-Charge Engr. Saturnino Apiag, and IA President Atamosa with another farmer.

Through EPAHP, farmer-beneficiaries are provided with various technical training and capacity building, financial assistance, marketing links, and agreements that will help them from the production up to securing marketing channels of their harvests.

NIA XI so far has a total of five top performing IAs that have been granted with model farms. # (Engr. JIMMY L. APOSTOL, Regional Manager A, NIA XI Regional Office)

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