CamSur vegetable production project opens opportunities for farmers

PILI, CamSur – With the El Niño phenomenon now plaguing  at least 14 provinces of the country, the  Vegetable  Production project of the provincial government which  aims  to  make  the  province  self- sufficient  in  high  quality  vegetables has indeed become more relevant.

In barangay Tinangis, Pili, some 50  enthusiastic  residents  are  now  being  taught  through  lectures on various stages of vegetable production including pest and disease prevention and control management and other technologies that would immensely contribute to a much efficient and improved growth of vegetable crops.                  

The project  is  along  the  thrust  of  Governor  LRay  Villafuerte  for  the  province  to  attain  food  security  and  to  provide  the  constituents  an  alternative  or  supplemental  income.

What was remarkable about the project was the focus on technology application through a combination of lectures and actual field demonstration conducted at the experimental site on what have been previously discussed in the classroom.

Some agricultural experts are optimistic that the drought that has occurred in some provinces of the country may not adversely affect CamSur. Hence, this will be a boon for the province’s vegetable growers.

The Vegetable Production Project in barangay Tinangis is now on its sixth of its eight sessions. In  the  previous  fifth  session,  the  participants  were  trained on  how  to  transplant  vegetables  grown  in  seed  beds  to  much  wider  plots.

The activity  was spearheaded  by  the  Office  of  the  Provincial  Agriculturist (OPA)  of  the  provincial  government  in  partnership  with  the  Department  of  Agriculture Regional  Field  Unit 5 (DA-RFU 5),  and  Agricultural  Training  Institute (ATI).

The  resource  speakers  were  the  Training  Management  Team  of  the  High  Value  Commercial  Crops (HVCC) from  OPA.

Some  of  the  vegetables planted  during  the  whole  period  of  training  were  tomato, lettuce, pechay, cucumber, and  watermelon.      / LAGavino/STN - MMEC

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