BATUAN, Bohol – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Visayas has launched the “Regional Hybrid Rice Derby” in Batuan town in Bohol Province with the aim of boosting rice production in Central Visayas.
DA-7 regional executive director Atty. Salvador Diputado opened the “derby” with the ceremonial ribbon-cutting and the actual planting of rice in the paddy led by him and other local officials.
Diputado said that this is another rice derby conducted in Bohol, this time in Batuan, for farmers to see and experience the goodness of planting hybrid rice.
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