DA-Caraga, partners turnover 100 heads of Itik Pinas to AgSur town
by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOSTPCAARRD).
Integrated rice-duck farming is a good ecological agricultural practice that the local government unit (LGU) of Sibagat, Agusan del Sur wanted to demonstrate to the farming community in their town.
Agriculture Program focal person Cindy Burdeos together with DMLRRS Center chief Catherine Juyno handed the intervention to Sibagat Livestock Program focal person Ceriaco Corsiga Jr. Itik Pinas strain is a With this, the Department genetically superior of Agriculture (DA)breeder duck that is a Caraga Organic product of continuous Agriculture Program selection and organized and Del Monte Lowland breeding of the Rainfed Research Station traditional Pateros (DMLRRS) in partnership duck. A strain that with the DA-Bureau of is smaller in size with Animal Industry turned minimum amount of over 100 heads of Itik food consumption Pinas to LGU-Sibagat on but with predictable February 16. higher egg production performance. The Regional Organic strain was developed
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According to Chief Juyno, rice-duck technology eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides/herbicides as ducks perform the functions of pest management, weed management, and fertilization. “It is a farming system that can be adapted by the organic farmer practitioners,” she said. Aside from establishing a rice-duck technology demonstration area, MAO-Sibagat is also committed to be a multiplier farm to increase the inventory of ducks within the municipality. (DA-RFO XIII, RAFIS/PIA-Agusan del Sur) Caraga INFOCUS
