BAYBAY CITY, Leyte (Francis C. Rosaroso)- As one of the major cities in Region 8 that positively responded to Secretary William D. Dar’s call for a massive food production since the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic, the DA-RFO 8 thru its High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) has recently delivered to LGU-Baybay various farm tools and other logistics in support of the City’s unwavering adoption of the DA’s Plant, Plant, Plant Program.

At least two truckload of farm tools and other logistical inputs arrived at the City Agriculture Office Nursery Site in Brgy. Gaas, this city, on the same day that the training on lettuce production in hydroponics set up was being conducted.

Said interventions which were all intended for the establishment of 3 subprojects of the Agri-4Ps funded under the Bayanihan 2, include the following;16 wheel burrow; 15 pcs drum; 25 plastic crate; 25 shovel; 21 rakes; 15 pickmattock; 15 sprayers; 10 pcs shears; 25 pcs bolo; 25 shovelletes; 27 bags potting medium; 100 polynet, and many more.

No less than the Chair and the Vice Chairman of Baybay Farmers Agri-Coop (BAFA) in the persons of Melvin Acedera, and Alberto Rosillo, received the items.

According to them, these farm tools and other interventions from DA will be of utmost help to their urban agriculture projects, specifically on “gulayan sa bakanteng lote”; containerized gardening, as well as their mushroom production.

Aside from Baybay City, other major cities in the region, such as Maasin, Ormoc, Catbalogan, Calbayog, and Borongan are also into this kind of projects. However, Baybay City, Ormoc City and Catbalogan City are considered on top of the heaps in so far as the implementation of urban agriculture is concerned.#