Army promote organic hog raising

Wednesday 11th of July 2012

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, July 11 (PIA) -- The 4th Infantry Battalion or the Scorpion, 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army (PA) now promotes organic farming and hog raising in Oriental Mindoro.

The battalion under the leadership of Lt. Col. Wilbur C. Mamawag, in partnership with the Farmers Organization for the Rural Upliftment of Mindoro (FORUM), currently spearheaded by 2nd District Congressman Reynaldo V. Umali, jointly conducted livelihood intervention seminar on organic hog raising at barangay Ipil in Bongabong town.

Based on the report of the Philippine Army, the realization of organic farming project and other livelihood interventions such as use of organic fertilizers in planting rice, vegetables and organic feeding of swine is through the initiative and alliance building of Dante de Lima, National Rice Coordinator of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

De Lima said DA would assure its assistance for a productive and sustainable organic farming in the province of Oriental Mindoro.

However, De Lima said, there is a need for the community to internalize and adopt the essence of organic procedures.

Generally, the project aims to gather the organization practicing organic and other stakeholders for eventual organization of Oriental Mindoro initiatives for sustainable agriculture and development. (203rd IB/LTC/LBR/PIA4B/Calapan)