DA, BSWM composting facility turns wastes into assets
To promote and further develop the practice of organic agriculture in the Philippines, Organic Agriculture Act (RA 10068) highlights the importance of enriching the fertility of the soil and the need to undertake communitybased organic fertilizer production. The Department of Agriculture (DA) – Caraga through its Organic Agriculture Program in partnership with the DA-Bureau of Soils & Water Management (BSWM) turned over Small-Scale Composting Facility Caraga INFOCUS
(SSCF) to three Local Government Units and a cooperative in the region on August 25.
(CEPAGCO) in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur.
Each small-scale composting facility is composed of 15 kilogram African Night Crawlers, one unit of shredder machine, and two units of vermitea brewer.
DA-BSWM Regional Soils & Water Area Coordinator for Caraga Marcelo P. Dayo said that the P1.7million worth of intervention will serve as machinery to transform farm waste into organic fertilizer.
The facility recipients were the Local Government Units of Cantilan, Surigao del Sur, Sibagat, Agusan del Sur, Province of Dinagat Islands, and Center for the Poor Agricultural Cooperative
“The facility is expected to provide the needed vermicast or vermicompost of farmer-beneficiaries. This will ensure higher profit because of the gradual reduction of their dependence on August 21-27, 2021 |
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