Fifty-four farmers recently graduated from the Farm Business School (FBS) conducted by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Ilocos Norte.
Twenty-five of the graduates are members of the Zanjera Matoc Multipurpose Cooperative in Bacsil South, Laoag City, while 29 are agrarian reform beneficiaries from Catuguing Multipurpose Cooperative in San Nicolas.
Provincial agrarian reform program officer II Vic M. Ines, said the farmers were given updates on modern farming practices and basic business concepts.“They were taught various farming, management and entrepreneurial skills,” said Mr. Ines.
In the FBS, the essential elements of bookkeeping, cash flows, market surveys, selling and costing and proper packaging of products were fully explained to the farmer-students.
The local government units of Laoag City and San Nicolas pledged to help provide more marketing opportunities for the farmers and their families.
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BARD NOTES: Happy bard-reading to Governor Imee R. Marcos, Vice Governor Angelo Marcos Barba, Laoag City Mayor Chevylle V. Farinas, Badoc ABC President Virgilio Calajate, Ilocos Norte Provincial Treasurer Josephine P. Calajate, INEC President Enrico “Cocoy” Ruiz, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Vic M. Ines, DAR Ilocos Norte Chief Administrative Officer Rudy Acacio and PNB Pasuquin Branch Manager Metty V. Guerrero.
Greetings also to the employees of AMA Laoag, Laoag City PNP, DAR Ilocos Norte, DepEd Laoag, DepEd Ilocos Norte and PNB Pasuquin.