DA allots P89M equipment for Cavite

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Agriculture (DA) is allotting P89 million worth of agricultural assistance projects for the revival of the coffee, vegetable, and fisheries industry of Cavite.

During the  “Alay sa Mamamayan” program held in Imus City last Feb. 7, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said that under the agricultural development program for the province, the department would develop farmlands and fishing grounds through the provision of technical support, farm machinery, postharvest facilities and marketing assistance.

The DA intends to revive and expand Cavite’s coffee and vegetable industries and increase the production of green mussels and oysters along the coastal towns.

Alcala said the farmers and fishermen in the province should take advantage of its proximity to Metro Manila, a major consumer market, to raise their productivity and incomes.

“We will tap idle lands to expand the vegetable and coffee industry in the province,” he said. “Cavite’s potential will not be maximized if the land will not be tilled.”

During the program, the DA distributed P14-million worth of farm equipment to local government officials. These include four-wheel tractors, hand tractors with trailers, multi-tillers, threshers, flatbed dryers, pump engines for shallow tube wells, knapsack sprayers, power sprayers, collapsible dryers, laminated tarpaulins as portable dryers, fish nets, multi-purpose drying pavement, spring development projects, palay storage sheds, barangay food terminals, and greenhouses.