FIELD DAY SHOWCASES ADAPTABLE AGRI-TECHNOLOGIES
The Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga’s Del Monte Lowland Rainfed Research Station conducted a Farmers’ Field Day to showcase adaptable agricultural technologies currently being conducted in the station. The Field day held on October 11 highlighted the Soybean Seed Production Project and Sorghum Research Trial. The conduct of Field Days are meant to showcase and disseminate various
packages of technologies collaborating with the to the farmers and other DA. stakeholders. The Soybean Seed The Soybean Seed Production Project is also Production Project used a part of the Component the Select Manchuria 1 of the DA-Caraga’s and Select Tudela Black Sustainable Feed varieties which were Formulation Program planted on a 2,500 also called as Team sq.m. land area in the Bahug which promotes station’s premises. The utilization of locally seeds used were from available raw materials the Institute of Plant to produce quality but Breeding (IPB). affordable feeds. The IPB is the institute tasked with developing new and improved varieties which they share with farmers by
Caraga Infocus • October 22-28, 2022
Meanwhile, sorghum is a climate-resilient grain crop grown mainly for food, fuel, feeds, forage, and fertilizer. The
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