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Mindanao ‘Sugba sa Plaza’ promotes tilapia farming in Kidapawan City
By John Andrew Tabugoc
KIDAPWAN CITY, North
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Cotabato – Thousands of residents here flocked to the city square Tuesday to join the “Sugba sa Plaza” that aims to promote tilapia production.
“This is a showcase of our potential that needs to be cultivated and capacitate our farmers to improve their tilapia production,”
Mayor Jose Paolo Evangelista said as the city marked the culmination of Farmers and Fisherfolks Month here.
To give the public a taste of the local tilapia, the city bought some 1,300 kilos of live tilapia for 2,000 residents.
“The tickets are for free,” the mayor said, adding that each coupon had a corresponding time of one hour