PAGADIAN CITY: Governor
Antonio Cerilles says he want the province to be resourceful and real in promoting
sustainable agriculture, a new Provincial Press Bureau release said.
He added this will help
farmers increase their income,
This was the governor’s
message given during the farewell celebration for Sweet Cerilles and OIC
Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Joel Sabellano at Istanbul, Turkey to attend the
40th International Forum on Organic Agriculture Movement.
Sweet is the federated
president of (Women Empowerment Rural Improvement Club).
Cerilles believed the
recent forum will stretch out to help Zambosurians and alleviate their poverty as
well as widen their knowledge on organic farming.
Sabellano says that farming
for the province is a way of life, just like in other communities abroad that made
advance research on how to develop better farming technology.
He cited the Rapunzel Company
in Germany which produces 500 products out of coconut, coffee, beans and
raisins.
He said that German farmers
are determined in being more productive because they follow what their government
is laying down for them in putting forward good cultivation.
Every work done is documented,
he added, which helps the farmer study the methods used to discover supplementary
ideas in sustainable agriculture while their institution of higher education guide
them also.
Sabellano also announced
in the forum that Zamboanga del Sur is a member of their farming association and
because of this, the governor was able to get the same help for our farmers in doing
their similar organic farming.
The Provincial
Government College (PGC) and the JHCSC presently provides these farming technologies,
Sabellano said.
He also disclosed that
the Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) is helping the Cassava livelihood
program to strengthen farmers’ promotion of organic fertilizer as an
indispensable basal input to replenish loss of soil nutrients.
PAO is also supporting PGC
and JHCSC in their thesis on agriculture and the logistical support for their continuous
research on establishing a market through cooperatives.