Magsasaka Sientista Ramon Peñalosa will sign a marketing agreement and memorandum of agreement with the 30 household beneficiaries for his farm-based probiotic swine raising Wednesday at his farm in Victorias City where the training was recently conducted.

Edna Garde, manager of the Farmers Information and Technology Services Center of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist yesterday said the project was in cooperation with the TechnoGabay team in Negros Occidental and Carlos Hilado Memorial State College.

She said it teaches household beneficiaries to raise swine without using growth enhancers and toxin builders, as well as to promote organic farming with low production cost.

To start the production, Peñalosa will provide two swine for each beneficiary who is ready to start and has pig pens in his backyard, she also said.

Garde also said this replication of Peñalosa’s technology will help them improve their livelihood without spending much.

The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology has allocated P230,000 for the project.

Six officials from Western Visayas Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium have been invited to attend the signing of agreements.*LTG

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