Another group of 103 farmers received their Certificates of Land Ownership Award from the Negros Occidental Agrarian Reform 2 office in Hinigaran town Friday.

The 138-hectare property in Brgy. Palayog, Hinigaran, was formerly owned by Juan Isasi.

The ceremony started with a thanksgiving mass by Fr. Ernie Larida who told the beneficiaries that the land is a gift from God because of His love for the farmers. He said the gift should be reciprocated by loving it and handling it carefully and not let it get to the hands of other people.

Lux Mundi farm
helps Murcia folk

The Lux Mundi Demo farm in Barangay Blumentritt,  Murcia, Negros Occidental, established by Chinese Brothers  in 2004 and further cultivated by Vietnamese and Filipino Brothers has helped many Murciahanons earn a living.

The demo farm has a piggery, fishponds, raises cattle, sheep and poultry,  has vegetable gardens with root crops, and fruit bearing trees, Vietnamese Bro. Jude Nguyen, demo farm manager, said in a press release.

“People are taught how to be reliable and good stewards of God’s blessings and creations. The congregation allows Murciahanons  to raise piglets until they mature and are ready for disposal. When the pigs are sold,  they just payback the congregation with the capital and again they are given another opportunity to borrow again,” he said.

35 women

Thirty-five women completed their training on fruit and vegetable processing conducted by the Talisay City Cooperative and Livelihood Development Office with assistance from the Departmnet of Trade and Industry yesterday.

The participants came from barangays of the city and was funded by the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting, city cooperative officer, Rosalinda Tuvilla said, adding that the group was identified by the Local Poverty Reduction Action Team, a civil society group.

Tuvilla said the training covered commercial vegetable pickling, pineappla jam making, fruit cocktail making and fruit and vegetable preserving. After the training scheduled is a seminar on entrepreneurship and marketing of products before forming a cooperative for mass production, she added.

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