CANTILAN, Surigao del Sur - The Local Government of Cantilan commences “Rice Model Farm Season-long Training on Rice Production” on May 22, 2020. Said training is an initiative towards increasing farmer's yield per hectare through the introduction of community - based interventions (CBI’s) such as capacity enhancement and skills development activities for the rice farmers. The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPAg), the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Caraga and the DA-PhilRice-Agusan are the major agencies supporting the implementation of the activity.
The twenty-seven (27) participants of the training are nine (9) farmer - cooperators, ten (10) Barangay Agricultural Workers and eight (8) Agricultural Technologists (ATs) of Cantilan, Surigao del Sur. (with a report from Myla M. Blanco)