Department of Agriculture distributed poultry to farmers as livelihood assistance

By Sentinel Times Staff July 29, 2020 Dr. Mac Hornilla BATANGAS CITY - On 28 July at the Office of the City of Veterinary and Agric...

By Sentinel Times Staff
July 29, 2020

Dr. Mac Hornilla

BATANGAS CITY - On 28 July at the Office of the City of Veterinary and Agricultural Services (OCVAS) about 11 members of the Batangas City Agriculture and Fisheries Committee received 50 broiler chicks from the Department of Agriculture (DA) as livelihood assistance through poultry.

According to Dr. Mac Hornilla, Chief of OCVAS, the said broiler chicks will be taken care of for 38 days and after being sold, it is expected that the recipient will be able to buy the chicks again to take care of them directly. Distributed chicks also include free patuka or feed and the house of the chicks.

Meanwhile, OCVAS continues to distribute free seedlings to barangays conducting urban gardening. They also give a lecture on the proper planting of plants.

Sa ngayon ay meron silang tie up sa DepEd upang mabigyan ng karagdagang kaalaman sa paghahalaman ang mga paaralan.

They now have a tie-up with DepEd to give schools more gardening knowledge.





According to Dr. Hornilla, they are happy, and many people today love plants with pandemics.

He also announced that the DA has provided full scale-farmers with P25,000 loan assistance that can be repaid over 10 years and scholarships from the Agriculture Training Institute to those who want to take agricultural courses.