FPA RFU 11 promotes agency’s activities during Araw ng Matanao with heightened information drive

Written by Rustom Gain Tanduyan and Imelda Rasay  l  Published: 04 July 2022

DAVAO DEL SUR | June 22, 2022 – FPA strengthened its promotion of the Agency's programs and activities by giving technical assistance and distributing IEC campaign materials on fertilizer and pesticide during the celebration of "Araw ng Matanao" in Davao del Sur last June 17 to 22, 2022.

Promoting ABCRIS Enterprise and its partners was one of the main points of the event, which included the distribution of promotional materials by Provincial Officer (PO), Municipal Agriculturist (MA), SB member Maniapao, and private partners from ABCRIS Enterprise. In addition, samples of foliar fertilizer were given to 48 farmers.

Free on-site consultations were offered to farmers who wanted to learn more about FPA's activities and initiatives. PO Rasay focused her lectures on the safe and judicious use of agricultural inputs.

As an attached agency to the Department of Agriculture (DA), the FPA has the mandate to assure the agricultural sector of adequate supplies of fertilizer and pesticides at reasonable prices, rationalize the manufacture and marketing, and protect the public from the risks inherent in the use of pesticides, and educating the agricultural sector in the use of these inputs which is in line of this said activity. ###