BANGUED, Abra(PIA) -- A total of 584 Abrenian farmers received   fertilizer discount  vouchers under  the Rice Banner Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA)  during  the distribution  at the  Bangued Town Hall recently.

Qualified  farmer-beneficiaries are those  registered under the Registration System for Basic Sectors of Agriculture( RSBSA).  They can claim  fertilizers  using the vouchers amounting to P2,000 to P4,000  from  accredited  partner-merchants of  DA.

 “Our farmers will use the FDVs which costs P4,0000 per hectare to claim their choice of fertilizers  from among DA-accredited merchants here in Bangued,” said DA-Cordillera Regional Field Office Rice Banner Program Coordinator Melfer Gaspar.

He said this intervention aims to boost  rice production  of the capital town, one of the top palay-producing municipalities in the province.  It  is also in line with the recovery and rehabilitation efforts of the effects of Super Typhoon Egay.

Beneficiaries are thankful for the  government assistance.  43 year-old  farmer Partia Evina from Barangay Dangdangla said that she saved a lot with the  fertilizer  discount voucher.

 “Mahigit 1.2 hectare ang palayan namin dito sa Bangued. Malaki ang na-save ko dito sa discount voucher from DA lalo na ngayon medyo mahal na rin ang urea,” he said in an interview.

Sunrice Farmers Association President Violeta Barila said that the FDVs is a  big  help  to  56 members of their organization.

 “Para sa akin, makaka-discount ako ng tatlong bags ng fertilizers especially ngayong wet season, tatlong bags lang ang kailangan naming sa isang hectare kaya perfect time ang pagkakuha namin ng discount voucher,” she said.

 The distribution of vouchers  was  in partnership with the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist of  Bangued.(JDP/CAGT-PIA CAR, Abra)