MANILA — The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) is currently finalizing the guidelines for the farm mechanization component of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program (RCEP).
MANILA — The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) is currently finalizing the guidelines for the farm mechanization component of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program (RCEP).
PhilMech Executive Director Dr. Baldwin G. Jallorina, in a statement, said the guidelines will include the identification of the 1,200 municipalities that would facilitate the deployment of farm equipment and machines under RCEP over a period of six years.
Each of the municipality should have a viable farmers organization with at least 100 hectares of irrigated rice lands. It would be easier for PhilMech to deploy or distribute farm machines in the 1,200 municipalities if the rice farmers there are organized,” he said.
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