DAVAO CITY—The Depart-ment of Agriculture (DA) is offering incentives to farmers in the Caraga region in Northeastern Mindanao to put up demonstration or model farms in raising corn for the government’s rice-corn blend.
DAVAO CITY—The Depart-ment of Agriculture (DA) is offering incentives to farmers in the Caraga region in Northeastern Mindanao to put up demonstration or model farms in raising corn for the government’s rice-corn blend.
The DA Caraga office has coordinated with the local government units across the region to help it look for areas suitable for the establishment of white-corn production as a model farm “that would showcase to the farmers the viability of flint-type white-corn production.”
The flint type, one of six major types that also include dent, flour, pod, pop and sweet corn, is suitable for the production of the corn cereals needed in the blending with rice to produce a healthier and cheaper staple for Filipinos.
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