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Technology for accurate crop projection vital for NegOcc agriculture sector

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HAVING the largest sugarcane plantation in the country, the move of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to employ technology for accurate production projection is seen to impact positively Negros Occidental.

HAVING the largest sugarcane plantation in the country, the move of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to employ technology for accurate production projection is seen to impact positively Negros Occidental.

Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino said yesterday, June 24, that sometimes there are big discrepancies between the projected and actual production using the “pamata” scheme, or based on just looking at the standing crops and area.

Masculino said the local agriculture sector needs more appropriate technology for projection of harvest as well as the determination of actual production area per crop, not only sugarcane, to accurately calculate whether there is a surplus or shortfall.

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