MALOLOS, Bulacan — To bolster the resilience and productivity of Bulacan’s agricultural and fisheries sectors, the Provincial Agriculture Office, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Region 3 office, distributed farm machineries and postharvest facilities to farmers and livelihood assistance to fisherfolk at the covered court of Bulacan Polytechnic College on Tuesday.
Gov. Daniel Fernando highlighted the importance of the initiative in supporting Bulacan’s food security goals and ensuring a thriving agricultural sector.
“You are among those who give life to the blessings that God gives. God uses you to give us food — to feed the people, so it is just proper to give you those interventions for your usage. Because we need to level up our farmers and machineries,” he said in Filipino.
Provincial agriculturist Ma. Gloria SF. Carrillo said 10 farmers cooperatives and associations (FCAs) received 50 units of rainwater harvesting facilities amounting to P500,000 to provide supplemental or alternative irrigation sources for farmers, preventing drought and water-shortage-induced crop production losses.
“A total of 22 FCAs and two LGUs (local government units) in the province received farm machineries including five units of four-wheel tractor with driven disc plow, five units of hand tractor, 10 units of levee maker, 13 units of rice combine harvester, two units of recirculating dryer and one unit of single pass rice mill (stationary), all amounting to a total of P41.33 million from the 2024 PHilMech (Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization) Fund,” Carillo added.
To improve the standard of living of fisherfolk in the province, they were given gillnets, marine engines, fish smoking technology package, fish vending equipment and boats with engines, among others, with a total cost of P2.18 million.
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