DA Chief visits ‘Magsaysay Awardee,’ lady farmers in Argao, Cebu

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Created on Tuesday, 28 August 2012 Published Date

dachief davideAgriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala (2nd from right) hands over cuttings of sweet potato to women-farmers, who are participants of a Farmer-Scientists Training Program (FSTP), during an ‘Agri-Pinoy’ stakeholders’ forum in Colawin, Argao, Cebu. The FSTP is the brainchild of their illustrious town mate Dr. Romulo Davide (right), professor emeritus at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), and one of the 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees. He launched the FSTP in 1994, using the prize money for clinching the “Outstanding Agricultural Scientist” award of the Department of Agriculture’s annual Gawad Saka contest. The DA has adopted the FTSP as a national program in 2008, and currently implements it in 20 provinces in partnership with the UPLB, local government units, farmers’ groups and NGOs. (Photo by Kathrino Resurreccion, DA Information Service)


 

 

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