PAGADIAN CITY – Farmers in Zamboanga Peninsula are soon to receive
rice seeds under the government’s Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)
program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday.
It said a total of 63,569 bags (20kg/bag) of rice certified seeds have
arrived and are set to be distributed to registered farmers from April to June.
The certified seeds which are produced at the Philippine Rice
Research Institute (PhilRice) will be given to qualified farmers listed under RCEF
program and registered in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture.
The beneficiaries should be members of active farmers and irrigators
association identified and validated by the local government units in Zamboanga
del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay, according to DA Regional Executive Director Rad
Donn Cedeño.
“There are ongoing deliveries of certified inbred seeds in the
provinces of Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay here in Region 9. We make
sure these deliveries are not hampered even while we are under enhanced community
quarantine due to the coronavirus pandemic,” he said.
The two provinces are the major rice producers in the region with
recorded high yield and production every cropping season.
“As of April 14, Philrice was able to deliver rice certified seeds
in the municipalities of Dimataling, Guipos, Dumingag, and Mahayag, Zamboanga
del Sur. All seeds (bags) are expected to be delivered in the other identified
municipalities by the end of the month.” Cedeño said.
He said in every half hectare farm, a farmer-beneficiary will receive
one bag of seeds and a farmer can avail a maximum of 6 bags or equivalent to a
three hectare rice fields. (Inelin Cabeguin. With a report from the Zamboanga
Post.)
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