Known world-wide as the Mango Country, the Province of Guimaras is now geared towards the quality production of organic sweet potato as one of the province’s major commodities next to mango, said Governor Samuel T. Gumarin.
“Sweet potato is very resilient to climate change that’s why it is suitable for planting all over the country. It is now being processed for different products such as chips and livestock feeds. In fact, sweet potato is considered as one of the commodities in the implementation of the Philippine Rural Development Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA),” added Gov. Gumarin.
DA Organic Agriculture Asst. Focal Person Glenda Himatay urges farmers to go on with the production of organically-grown sweet potatoes and the department will continue to provide them assistance.
“To assure farmers of high yield and income, the Province of Gumaras will help them in packaging and marketing of their products. It is a must for the farmers to conform to the good agricultural practices,” said Ronnie Morante, Provincial Agriculturist of Guimaras during the graduation of 32 farmers in the Organic Sweet Potato Integrated Pest Management at Brgy. Sebaste, Sibunag, Guimaras, March 14, 2014.
The sixteen-week training on sweet potato production is a joint venture of DA 6 and the Agricultural Training Institute. (da-ipas 6)/MP
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