Maasin City government surveyed by agreengineer what now has combined Kubota harvester Ang lakas mo mayor Dami mong Pera Buti Hindi mo e binangko sa land Bank pwede Kang presidential NEXT 6 years.
Ung LGU po namin, as well as sa DA- Region 8, naga-allocate po ng pundo for farm machinery. We cannot compete and provide sustainable food supply without modernizing agriculture po. Sa amin, problem na po ung laborers. Matatanda na mga farmers and one way to attract the youth to engage into farming is to mechanize. Farm mechanization increases crop production and reduces farm losses.
We are just so blessed po na our local government in maasin city has big hearts para sa mga magsasaka. Not just farm mechanization, meron din po irrigation projects, availability of seeds, training on techno transfer to the farmers, etc.
Sa farmer association po magbabayad kasi po naka turnover po tong combine harvested. In every 10bags of palay harvested, magbabayad ng 1 bag palay as rental fee.