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1,226 farmers benefit from demo farms and training |
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April 10, 2009 Five hundred and eight farmers have been trained in the production of non-chemical based fertilizers while another 718 benefited from the establishment of techno-demo organic farms under the organic farming program initiated by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and non-government organizations (NGOs.) In a report to Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) Director Silvino Tejada said that under the first phase of the DA’s Organic Fields Support Project, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF), a national organization of small farmers headed by former Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor, has teamed up with the BSWM in implementing the Development and Promotion of Organic Rice Production Program. Read more here.
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