19IB, VSU push training on Cassava, Sweet Potato Production in Jaro, Leyte

By 19th Infantry Battalion, 8ID PA
May 16, 2013

JARO, Leyte – Another batch of Leyte farmers participated 19IB and VSU’s training on Cassava and Sweet Potato production at Brgy. Canhandugan, Jaro, Leyte on May 16, 2013.

The training which was attended by seventy-five farmers from the six barangays of Jaro, Leyte aimed to increase production of cassava and sweet potato as alternative means of boosting the daily income of subsistence farmers.

During the training, participants were oriented with the latest techniques and technologies on cassava and sweet potato production. Management and control of insect pests and diseases of rootcrops were also explained by experts from Philippine Rootcrops Research and Training Center based in Visayas State University in Baybay City.

Lt. Col. Joel Alejandro Nacnac, commanding officer of 19IB said the training was replicated purposely to strengthen the farmers associations in the town of Jaro, Leyte.

He further said that the training was pushed based on the recommendation of the unit’s Bayanihan Teams in the area who found out lack of training and technologies as one of the problems raised by the farmers especially in hinterland barangays of Jaro, Leyte.

Lt. Col. Nacnac is now calling the attention of the other farmer’s organizations in Leyte, to register their associations particularly in the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in order to avail of the technical and financial assistance allocated for them by the government.