Davao de Oro Province---With much potential seen on its land area, the United IPs Irrigators Association (UIIA) of Barangay Bahi in Maragusan, Davao de Oro committed more or less 20 hectares of land area to be developed into rice fields.
The conversion of the 20 hectare-land as an initial production area will also pave a way to interest other land owners in pursuing and replicating rice production initiatives using modern technology as way of adding income generating farm endeavors.
Bahi has a total of 106 hectares of land feasible to rice field conversion according to survey and for the time being only 20 hectares were utilized.
Barangay Bahi also has an irrigation facility unutilized to its full potential that compliments the conceptualization and implementation of the project and will greatly add assurance to food security in the province when fully functional.
“Sa ginagmay nato nga mga resources ug pagtinabangay, ma-achieve nato atung gipangandoy nga nindot nga basakan.” said Minda Agarano, Head of the Provincial Agriculturist’s Office of the province.
he groundbreaking ceremony was held on the 23rd of September 2020 and attended by partner agencies of PLGU Davao de Oro specifically the Department of Agriculture RFO XI, Department of Agrarian Reform, National Irrigation Administration Davao de Oro, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples Davao de Oro, MAGRO Maragusan, BLGU Bahi, United IP Irrigator’s Association of Bahi, 66th Infantry Battalion and Philippine National Police – RPSB.
The involvement of the AFP and the PNP through ELCAC (End Local Communist Armed Conflict) strategy is relevant to the project as this will precede to attain lasting peace, transformation and alleviate poverty in Barangay Bahi as the place was once deeply infiltrated by communist movement years ago.
(Jasteen P. Abella, Information Division, Davao de Oro)
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