At least 60 members of two farmers' associations in the Philippines are now being trained in hydroponics farming as part of the government's urban agriculture program aimed at ensuring food sustainability and providing additional income.
Dr. Aida Pagtan, chief of the Department of Agriculture-Cordillera Administrative Region's (DA-CAR) Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Service (RAFIS), said the three-day training started on Sept. 10 and is being participated in by members of the Benin Farmers Association from Barangay Pinsao and the Pagbiyagan di Umili Organization of Barangay Dontogan.
"It is always for food sustainability and reducing the family's expense on food, especially vegetables that are healthy," she said in Ilocano in an interview Wednesday. "DA exists to sustain the food needs of the Filipinos."
Pagtan said several technologies are being introduced to boost production not only for a family's requirements but for them to have extra supplies that will help boost their income.
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