Kalinaw News: Army, PLGU Capiz turnover Rice Combine Harvester to Nine (9) Farmers’ Association

Posted to Kalinaw News (Oct 6, 2021): Army, PLGU Capiz turnover Rice Combine Harvester to Nine (9) Farmers’ Association



CAMP HERNANDEZ, Dingle Iloilo – The Provincial Local Government Unit of Capiz thru
the Office of the Provincial Agriculture in partnership with 12th Infantry (Lick’em)
Battalion, turn-over four (4) units of Rice Combine Harvester to nine (9) Farmers
Association of Cuartero, Capiz.

The turn—over ceremony of Rice Combine Harvester was conducted on October 04,
2021, at Agdahanay Park, Poblacion, Cuartero, Capiz. The ceremony was facilitated by the Provincial Agriculturist Ms. Sylvia V. Dela Cruz to support the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of Barangays Mahunod-hunod, San Antonio, Carataya, and Puti-an, all of Cuartero, Capiz. The Provincial Agriculture Office aims to help increase labour productivity and boost the farmers’ income by providing rice combine harvester to improve farming mechanization and technologies from planting and post-harvest to nine (9) farmers organizations without spending the time for hand cutting, collecting, sun-drying in the field and carrying palay straws to a threshing service.

The Provincial Governor of Capiz, Hon. Esteban Evan B. Contreras II, graced the ceremony. Hon. Tito L. Mayo, Mayor, Municipality of Cuartero, Regional Director Juan Jovian E. Ingeniero, CESO IV, DILG 6, Provincial Director John Ace A. Azarcon, CSEE, DILG Capiz, Police Colonel Laudemer N Llaneta, Acting Provincial Director, CPPO, Major Florante T Mabalot, Executive Officer, 12IB are also present during the said event.

Governor Esteban Evan B. Contreras II lauded the efforts of Provincial Agriculture
Office and 12th Infantry Battalion for the success of the activity. “The government is always ready and exerting efforts to provide necessities to uplift the farmer’s lifestyle. The government is seriously providing support to our people who can earn a living to become productive and resilient members of their communities to sustain the needs of their families. Your government focuses on addressing the root cause of insurgency which is poverty, but it is so hard to address it without your cooperation and willingness to help the government. That is why you must also show the government your support by living peacefully away from trouble because our country cannot prosper without peace,” Contreras said.

For his part, Brigadier General Marion Sison, 301Bde Commander, acknowledged the untiring efforts of Provincial Agriculture, Capiz in helping the nine (9) Farmers’ Association. The peace and development efforts of the Government to communities particularly to the identified conflict-affected Barangay help to strengthen the barangay-based institutions and sectoral organizations by engaging in participatory issue resolution and by providing different peace and order interventions.

The national government mechanisms in implementing the Executive Order No. 70, Institutionalizing the Whole-of-Nation Approach to peacefully end the local communist armed conflict, plays a vital role in the Entrepreneurship and Marketing, Employment, Training, Financing, Institutional Development and Food Production to enhance the livelihood and employment of the communities.

He added that the efforts of soldiers with the collaboration and support of different government and non-government agencies also helped the constituents in the far-flung communities to sustain their livelihoods.

He also asked the members of 9 farmers’ associations to support the government and its programs and services for the people.

“I urge you to support all government programs, projects and services in your communities. Let us work together to win the war against insurgency because the absence of cooperation and unity among us has worsened the problem of insurgency,” Brigadier General Sison ended.

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