SP okays Corn Road Map 2011-2016
LINGAYEN–In time for the upcoming celebration of the Corn Festival in the town of Sto. Tomas, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved on March 18 Resolution No. 1791-2013 endorsing the Corn Road Map for Calendar Year 2011-2016 of the province.
The Corn Road Map is a guide and framework in carrying out various programs to further improve the quality and increase the quantity of the yellow and white corn varieties yield.
It contains targets, plans, programs, projects, and activities that can increase and sustain the corn productivity of the province and suggests interventions in the industry such as production support, post-harvest facility needs, and extension support services.
The framework also covers the enhancement of the farmers’ technical capability such as the use of the latest cost-reducing techniques to increase profit.
The roadmap was drafted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the provincial government through its Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO), in collaboration with the Municipal and City Agriculture Offices, corn farmers, and other stakeholders of the corn industry in support to the Agri-Pinoy food sufficiency program of the national government.
The resolution, authored by Board Member Raul P. Sison, chairman of the SP committee on agriculture, calls for cooperation among stakeholders to sustain the province’s capacity as one of the leading corn producers in the region.
Further, it calls for a manpower complement composed of 109 technical staff and agricultural extension workers (AEW) to implement of the various Agri-Pinoy Corn Program and local government unit-initiated projects, 13 of which will come from the PAO and 96 from Municipal and City Agriculture Offices.
The road map is one major requirement in the province’s bid for the DA’s 2013 Top Five (5) Provinces in the Corn Quality Award Search.
The province was recently adjudged one of the Top Ten Performing Provinces in the Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers Award for CY 2012 with a Rice Road Map also endorsed by the SP that year.–Johanne R. Macob
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