AGRICULTURE

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato - Personnel and staff of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have undergone technology transfer training at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Barangay Agriculture here.The participants were trained oninternet-based software Rice Crop Manager (RCM) as an instrument in increasing productivity.

KORONADAL CITY - South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Fuentes today explained why the provincial government did not push for the declaration of state of calamity due to the effects of dry spell.Speaking over DXOM-AM Radyo Bida Koronadal, Fuentes said the provincial government has enough funds to cushion the impact of the dry spell to farmers and the agriculture sector.Only Koronadal City and the towns of T'boli and Surallah have passed resolutions putting their respective local governments under state of calamity.

PIKIT, North Cotabato -The local government of Pikit in North Cotabato is set to release a portion of its Quick Response Fund after the municipal council approved the recommendation of the town’s disaster risk reduction and management council (DRRMC) to place the town under ‘state of calamity’. Tarhata Kalantongan, municipal DRRMC officer, said the drought, which hit the town since February, has destroyed some P71 million worth of crops and livestock. The DRRM’s recommendation to place Pikit under state of calamity was submitted to the Sangguniang Bayan on April 15.

COTABATO CITY -- The Department of Agrarian Reform in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DAR-ARMM) has started consulting peasant groups on essential interventions in support of the normalization component of Malacañang’s southern peace process.Amihilda Sangcopan, regional secretary of DAR-ARMM, on Tuesday told the and//www.ndbcnews.com.ph/ www.ndbcnews.com.ph that their first dialogue with agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the autonomous region was held last week in Basilan.The event involve

KORONADAL CITY - The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has recommended the declaration of state of calamity here as the dry spell continued drying up rice and corn fields.The recommendation came after a meeting of CDRRMC members, according to city agriculture officer Emelita Miguel.Earlier, four villages have placed its jurisdiction under state of calamity due to limited water supply for agricultural lands. These are the villages of Carpenter Hill, San Roque, Saravia and Assumption.

MAKILALA, North Cotabato - As the damages due to drought in different villages here hit more than P100 million, the municipal government, through the town council, placed the entire town under state of calamity, officials said today.In passing Resolution No.

COTABATO CITY - The city government has placed 22 of 37 villages in Cotabato City under state of calamity as drought heightened in the region.From 19 villages, the Sangguniang Panglungsod revised an earlier resolution to include three more villages under calamity area due to dry spell.Lawyer Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi, Cotabato City adminsitrator, said the affected villages continue to rise and a resolution is needed so the executive department and the office of the city mayor could extend assistance.

MANILA (PNA) -– The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) sees the dry spell will affect more provinces next month. It’s possible.

COTABATO CITY -- The crop damages due to drought in North Cotabato has risen to almost
P600 million as the province is yet to experience heavy downpour since January,
agriculture officials said.Engr. Eliseo
Mangliwan, North Cotabato provincial agriculture officer, said as of Friday, the
cost of damages to high value crops, including rice and corn, have reached P590
million.

North Cotabato
provincial board member Loreto Cabaya, chair of the Sangguniang Panglungsod
committee on agriculture, said most of the damage crops are beyond recovery.

COTABATO CITY – At least 19 of Cotabato City’s 37 villages have been placed under state
of calamity due to drought after the agriculture sector suffered about P17
million losses to agricultural crops.

Mayor Japal
Guiani Jr said the Sangguniang Panglungsod has approved a resolution putting the
affected village under state of calamity so the local government could use its
calamity fund in helping the affected farmers.