GENERAL SANTOS CITY(16 January 2015) – City Mayor Ronnel Rivera together with the City Agriculturist Office distributed seedlings to farmers from Barangay Tinagacan and Barangay Batomelong Thursday (January 15).
The farmer-beneficiaries’ crops were destroyed by strong winds commonly known as ipo-ipo last April 2014.
Sixty-one farmers (53 from Tinagacan, 8 from Batomelong) identified by the City Agriculturist Office will be able to start again after receiving different varieties of seedlings and fertilizers.
The seedlings are mango (630), coconut (500) and banana (3,012). Aside from that, 100 sacks of organic fertilizers and 100 complete fertilizers were also given to these farmers.
Even with a limited budget of P299, 000, Merlinda Donasco, head of City Agriculturist Office, said that they have to maximize whatever they have to help the victims.
“The mayor already asked us to help these affected farmers. For us, enabling them to start again is the best assistance we could give. It is more than money,” Donasco said.
Fishermen from Barangay Bawing and Barangay West also received shallow water fish shelters (locally known as “payao”) with the help of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
Eighty-five fisherfolk (30 from Bawing, 55 from West) became the recipient of the project which has a total cost of around P200, 000.
According to Mayor Rivera, the project will ensure rapid restoration of depleted fisheries resources and at the same time will provide sustainable livelihood for small fishermen. (Gensan CPIO/ Ian John M. Lagare)
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