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Kalinga provincial government through OPAS conducts vegetable derby


Tabuk City, Kalinga – In support with the Plant Plant Plant Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA), the Provincial Local Government of Kalinga through the Office of the Provincial Agricultural Services (OPAS) is staging a vegetable derby with two seed companies participating.


These include the East West Seed Company and Allied Botanical Seed Company, two of the seed companies in the country where the DA procure most of its vegetable seeds being distributed to farmers yearly.

In an interview with Provincial High Value Crops Development Coordinator Nancy Aowat of OPAS, she said the activity will help the DA determine the right or appropriate seed variety that is suitable in the area for procurement.


“Ti purpose na ket in support iti program ti DA a plant plant plant program kasi continuous daytuy gapu garud dituy pandemic ken kasla promotion dagituy seed company kadagiti seeds da ta isuda talaga ti agprod-produce tatta tapos agproc-procure ti DA kanyada ti seeds a maiwarwaras kadagituy farmers,” Aowat said.



For the the vegetable derby to push through, the two companies have provided five varieties of lowland vegetable seeds which include okra, eggplant, hot pepper, ampalaya and pole sitao. Whereas, DA region, as its counterpart, provided eight bags of organic fertilizers, three bags Urea fertilizers, one roll 400 meters plastic malts, 1 roll hose, and black net.


“Ti agimula and maintenance is dagituy metten personnel ti OPAS ken dagidiay dadduma a job orders with the guidance ti daytuy technician ti seed company met lang, dagidiay technician isu da ti mang-instruct nu anya ti dapat nga aramiden mi met lang,” she added.


Said project will end in June this year, three months after the planting of seeds in which the seed company that would yield the highest production will be declared as champion.

The derby is a joint activity by the East West Seed Company, Allied Botanical Seed Company, DA-CAR HVCDP, and PLGU-Kalinga through the Office of the Provincial Agricultural Services.


If you are interested on the progress of the competition, feel free to visit the site which is located at BAEXt. Compound, Purok 5, Bulanao, Tabuk City.


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