25/09/2020
𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐳 𝐋𝐆𝐔 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝟓,𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧/𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭
Roxas City, Capiz- To ensure food availability and accessibility amid COVID-19 pandemic, the Capiz Provincial Government thru the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist has turned over 5,100 pots of assorted vegetable seedlings to 150 households in Roxas City from May 19 to September 23, 2020.
Launched in March 2020 as part of 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑠𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑎 of Governor Esteban “Nonoy” Contreras, the Urban/Backyard Gardening Project has delivered 1,500 assorted vegetable seedlings to Barangay 7, while 900 seedlings each were given to the different barangays of Mongpong, Liong, Loctugan and Tanque.
Provincial Agriculturist Sylvia dela Cruz, in an interview over DA Western Visayas radio program 𝐾𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑔-𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑎 𝐴𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑘𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎, emphasized the importance of growing food in our own backyard- especially when living in an urban or city area. “𝑃𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑎𝑔𝑖 𝑠𝑎 𝑢𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒/𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑤𝑒𝑑𝑒 𝑘𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑎 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑘𝑎𝑔 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠, 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑘𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑘𝑎𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑔 𝑔𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑤.”
The promotion of urban/backyard gardening is in line with the national government’s new normal thrust to ensure food security in the urban communities. “𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑜 𝑝𝑎 𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑚𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎-𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒, 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙-𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒, 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑘𝑎𝑔 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑎 𝑖𝑚𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑜𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦.” dela Cruz added.
The Urban/Backyard Gardening Project targets to distribute 7,200 vegetable seedlings to 240 households in eight barangays in Roxas City; while 18,900 vegetable seedlings are allotted to 630 fisherfolk families in the seven coastal areas in Capiz. Furthermore, organic fertilizers and hand sprayers are included in the project for distribution.
This project is implemented under the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, with the support of DA Western Visayas, and in partnership with the Capiz Environment and Natural Resources Office. # # #(Text by FMCCastro & Photos by NABuenvenida/OPA-Capiz)