DA IV CALABARZON distributes agri support to Silang ornamental growers

SILANG, Cavite Sep 18 (PIA) –The Department of Agriculture (DA) IV CALABARZON distributed P3,064,699 worth of agricultural support to Silang ornamental growers thru the Taal Recovery and Rehabilitation Program (TRRP).

The agri support the farmers received comprised of  428 packets of assorted cut flowers, 5,000 packs of assorted seedling bags, and 2,000 bundles of soft pots that would help them grow back their livelihood.
 
DA IV CALABARON Regional Director Arnel V. de Mesa during the distribution of the agri interventions recognized the significance of the ornamental plant growing industry as part of the agriculture sector.
 
“It is only expected that our ornamental plant growers would also be helped by DA, especially when they were also heavily affected by the eruption of Taal,” said RD de Mesa.
 
Silang Mayor Corie Poblete was extremely grateful for the continuing assistance to the town’s ornamental plant growers and farmers.

“Thank you for helping us during the devastation of Taal and particularly during this current COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will never get tired of helping Silang farmers and may you continue to trust us with the much-needed interventions," Mayor Poblete said.
 
Officials of ornamental plant growers groups, Ms. Elizabeth S. Lopez, president of the Pook Ornamental Growers’ Association, and Mr. Anselmo E. Noveno, Federation of Silang Ornamental Plant Growers president, expressed their appreciation for the assistance for the revival of their livelihood that had been ravaged by the Taal eruption and again, affected by the loss of clients due to the pandemic.
 
"We are reviving our livelihoods with the help of DA interventions, inch by inch," shared Ms. Lopez.  
 
Ornamental plant growing had been creating a niche in the agricultural market especially during this pandemic when everybody had time to stay in the house and planting became more than a hobby but an alternative source of livelihood. (Ruel Francisco/Silang Agriculture Office/DA Calabarzon RAFIS)

Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)