Modern upland rice farming in Mindanao tribal domains A demonstration farm in modern upland rice farming using highyielding hybrid seeds and Israel-developed pressurized irrigation and fertigation system was launched on Wednesday in a tribal ancestral domain in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. The tribal leaders of the Bukidnon Tagoloanon Mulahay Ha Kabulagan Agricultural Cooperative (BUKTAMACO) and officials of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) signed a Memorandum of Agreement which signals
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the start of a technology transfer program on upland rice farming and the planting of vegetables. Lawyer Burt Estrada, a Tagoloanon tribal chieftain and now president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, signed on behalf of BUKTAMACO.
Seedworks Philippines. BUKTAMACO, which also spearheads the planting of Giant Bamboo in its vast ancestral domain in Barangay 1, Malaybalay City, is one of the most active tribal groups pushing for agricultural development in the tribal areas.
The Upland Hybrid Rice The signing came after Farming Demonstration a tribal ritual which was Area in Barangay 1 is presided by tribal leaders one of the first 11 sites which was then followed selected by MinDA by a ceremonial planting which will be developed of vegetable seeds in a virtual field school donated by MinDA’s where tribal farmers will private sector partner, learn new technology. Caraga INFOCUS
