Governor Amado “Pogi” I. Espino III poses with the farmer organization members who received farm implements during an awarding held at Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan. PRDP awards tractors to Pangasinan Farmers
Four Farm Mechanization Service Facilities, under the Small Livelihood Project (SLP) of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) – Investments on Rural Enterprises for Agri-fishery Productivity (I-REAP), are awarded to farmer organizations of San Fabian, Pangasinan.
The farmer organizations which brought home a brand new four-wheel tractor, cage roller, rotary tiller, and trailer include: Anonang Baraoas Irrigators Association, Palapad Farmers Irrigators Association, Makabagong Magsasaka Irrigators Association, and Samaka Magbayanihan Farmers Irrigators Association.
The farmer organizations proposed under the SLP of the PRDP to recuperate from their losses when Typhoon Lando hit Luzon in October 2015. The Regional Project Advisory Board approved their SLP proposals on December 15, 2016 and the respectiveNo Objection Letter 2 (NOL 2) was issued on April 4, 2017.
Pangasinan Governor Amado “Pogi” I. Espino III led the awarding ceremony at the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan, May 4, 2017.
Gov. Espino emphasized the importance of sustaining and maintaining the machinery among the farmer organizations and committed to continue bringing help to the farmers. He also committed to increase funds allocated for agriculture by the provincial government.
The awarding of the farm implements was conducted alongside with the awarding of Shallow Tube Well Irrigation Projects of the Provincial Government.
Aside from rehabilitation, the farm implements are expected to increase the income of farmers in Pangasinan through providing affordable implements for land preparation.
With the tractor provided by the Project, the cost of land preparation per hectare is decreased by P2,250. This can be translated into 8 percent increase in farmer’s income for every hectare.
The PRDP shall conduct a Rapid Appraisal of Emerging Benefits in November 2017 to gauge the socio-economic impact of the tractors. (Dessa U. Estrada and Vida V. Cacal, DA-PRDP RPCO1 InfoACE Unit)
Four four-wheel tractors with rotary tiller, cage roller with leveler, and trailer are ready to be brought home by farmer organizations which successfully acquired No Objection Letters from the PRDP.
