The upland villages of Manay and Boston towns in Davao Oriental have been allocated a combined PHP 7M fund to boost its abaca production, starting with a plant disease eradication program.
The Davao Oriental Provincial Government, in a statement, said addressing diseases is the “most important” step to improving the abaca industry because it is key to propagating healthy seedlings.
The other components of the abaca projects are nursery development, abaca farm expansion and rehabilitation, and livelihood training support on abaca processing.
The program officially started on Aug. 1. “All of our efforts for the program will be useless if we do not address first the eradication of the disease which is viral in nature and quickly spreads,” said Ednar G. Dayanghirang, chief of staff of the Davao Oriental Provincial Governor’s office.
The abaca sector funding is sourced from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP), through its Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) Program which is intended for peace-building through livelihood support.
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