more on the Palayamanan Project

Let me give you some more of the Palayamanan Project I told you about in my column last Monday.

The Project has the following objectives:

- To package, integrate and validate rice and rice-based technologies and other farming ventures to suit the local production system.

- To enhance capabilities of farm families and the inmates as their alternative livelihood.

- To increase farm productivity, cropping intensity and profitability of farm families in the fragile environment.

- To develop feedback mechanisms to researchers and development workers on field performance of technologies.

The vision of the project is as follows:

- To integrate and validate rice-based technologies and farming systems models adaptable to the local conditions geared towards increasing productivity, profitability and sustainability of the farm families.

- To enhance capabilities of the inmates in the comunity where they belong after they served sentence.

Here are some basic facts and features of the Project:

Project Name: An Palayamanan San Siyudad San Calbayog

Location: Sitio Tomalon, Brgy. Gadgaran, Calbayog City

Collaborating Agencies: Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), LGU-Calbayog City, Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit 8 (DA-FU8) and Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)

Distance from the highway: 3 kms

Distance from the city proper: 11 kms

Mode of transportation: by land

Avalable communication: Mobile Phone

Water System: Deep Well

Total land area: 5 has.

City Jail area: 1 ha

Ownership: Government-owned.

Let me give you some pictures taken during the Farmers' Field Day and FFS graduation:

Mayor Mel Sarmiento delivering his message

The City Mayor and some guests checking on the produce on display