The Office of the Municipal Agriculturist (OMA) has conducted a simultaneous training and technological demonstration (techno-demo)on Rice Production with emphasis on Palay Check System which started last September 9, 2010 while the other techno-demo which is for Vegetable Production/Commercialization which started last October 6 of the same year. Both techno-demos were conducted at Brgy Villalon, a barangay situated at the central part of Calubian and both will soon culminate on January 12, 2011.
For rice, the training is quite a challenge since the area which serves as the site of the demo is considered rainfed where no existing irrigation is available. The conduct of the said techno-demo, however, was fortunate since water has been available during the training period due to availability of rainfall. Participants has seen the difference for the crops which has been provided with the needed care and management compared to being left alone. They started learning the importance of studying the rice environment before applying control measures whenever presence of insect pests are visible in the area. They also learned to identify useful and harmful insects in their farm and learned the right decisions to make in as far as pest management is concern.
For vegetable production, the techno-demo was already on the second batch since the first batch was conducted last year. Some farmers who had missed the first training has seen the significant effect of the vegetable production to the graduates. Since the area within the Villalon and Labtic had focused on Vegetable Production, non-graduates had requested to conduct the said training for the second time. A total of 20 new participants had joined religiously the training which showed also a very promising result.
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