Tuesday, June 14, 2011
MAYOR Jed Patrick Mabilog will lead in awarding 61 piglets on Thursday at the Jaro gym to selected beneficiaries in urban poor and farming communities for breeding purposes and eventual dispersal to other beneficiaries.
City Agriculturist officer-in-charge Geraldine Hautea said despite the city status as a highly urbanized city in the Visayas, there still exist farming communities in 22 barangays with concentration at the Jaro and Mandurriao districts.
The piglet dispersal program is in line with the city’s vision on poverty alleviation and food sufficiency.
Hautea said the piglets cost some P3,500 each purchased from Foodwealth Corp. at Tabuc Suba, Jaro.
The piglet dispersal program is an ongoing activity of the city agriculture that allows poor families to care for and breed the hogs. (Lydia C. Pendon)
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