DA-CAR funds Baguio projects

Gaby B. Keith

BAGUIO CITY -- The Dept. of Agriculture regional office in the Cordillera Administrative Region is funding several projects of the City Veterinary and Agriculture Office amounting to more than P15 million for 2022.
    This was disclosed by acting CVAO head Dr. Silardo Bested during the regular management committee meeting of city officials on Feb. 15, led by Mayor Benjamin Magalong at the Baguio Convention Center.
    Bested said the projects include the chicken multiplier breeder facility (CMBF) for P2 million, the rabbit multiplier breeder facility (RMBF) for P1 million, the solar-powered irrigation system (SPIS) for P750,000, the pump irrigation system open source (Pisos) for P2 million, and the urban model farm vegetable and seedling production (UMFVSP) for P10 million.
    The CMBF will be located at the CVAO Slaughter Compound, Barangay Sto. Niño while the RMBF will be at Purok 12 Apugan, Barangay Irisan, with the Irisan Rabbit Farmers Association composed of 20 rabbit breeders as beneficiaries.
    Bested said the location for the SPIS is at Purok 2, Irisan, with 30 farmers from Purok 1, 2 and 9 as beneficiaries.
    Five units of Pisos will be installed at Barangay Sto. Tomas Central benefitting three farmers' associations while the seven units at Camp 7 will benefit two farmers' associations.
    Six units of Pisos will be installed at Barangay Happy Hollow that will benefit two farmers' associations while two units are targeted for Barangay Dontogan with a farmers' association as beneficiary.
    For the UMFVSP, one unit each is allotted for Camp 7, Happy Hollow, Irisan, Sto. Niño, Slaughter Compound, and Sto. Tomas Central that will benefit eight farmers associations and interested local residents, Bested said.