DA installing 1,000 flatbed rice dryers in 37 provinces
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has installed over 500 of the 1,000 flatbed dryers that the DA is setting up in 37 rice-producing provinces in the country this year, in line with the long term government goal to guarantee stable rice supply and prices.
In its report to DA Secretary Arthur Yap, the Bureau of Post-harvest Research and Extension (BPRE) said that as of May 5, it had already installed 53 flatbed dryers in Nueva Ecija, one of Luzon’s largest rice-production areas.
Ten flatbed dryers were also installed as of last month in Iloilo; six each in Bulacan, Bohol, and Leyte; five each in Zamboanga del Sur, South Cotabato, and Agusan del Sur; four each in Davao del Sur, Kalinga, and Pampanga; three in Pangasinan, two in Camarines Sur, and one each in
Tarlac, Occidental Mindoro, and Isabela, according to BPRE Director Ricardo Cachuela.
Cachuela said the BPRE is fast-tracking this project, which it is implementing in Irrigator’s Associations (IA) sites in cooperation with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the National Food Authority (NFA), and the National Agribusiness Corp. (Nabcor).
Secretary Yap said this post-harvest support for rice clusters nationwide will be complimented by continuing subsidies for seeds and inputs, disease prevention measures, and the repair and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities in unusable lands to help attain the goal of producing an all-time high of 17.24 million metric tons (MT) of rice this year and even higher yields in 2009 and onwards.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has installed over 500 of the 1,000 flatbed dryers that the DA is setting up in 37 rice-producing provinces in the country this year, in line with the long term government goal to guarantee stable rice supply and prices.In its report to DA Secretary Arthur Yap, the Bureau of Post-harvest Research and Extension (BPRE) said that as of May 5, it had already installed 53 flatbed dryers in Nueva Ecija, one of Luzon’s largest rice-production areas.
Ten flatbed dryers were also installed as of last month in Iloilo; six each in Bulacan, Bohol, and Leyte; five each in Zamboanga del Sur, South Cotabato, and Agusan del Sur; four each in Davao del Sur, Kalinga, and Pampanga; three in Pangasinan, two in Camarines Sur, and one each in
Tarlac, Occidental Mindoro, and Isabela, according to BPRE Director Ricardo Cachuela.
Cachuela said the BPRE is fast-tracking this project, which it is implementing in Irrigator’s Associations (IA) sites in cooperation with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), the National Food Authority (NFA), and the National Agribusiness Corp. (Nabcor).
Secretary Yap said this post-harvest support for rice clusters nationwide will be complimented by continuing subsidies for seeds and inputs, disease prevention measures, and the repair and rehabilitation of irrigation facilities in unusable lands to help attain the goal of producing an all-time high of 17.24 million metric tons (MT) of rice this year and even higher yields in 2009 and onwards.
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