Philippines: La Trinidad farmers urged to adopt elevated strawberry farming

Published 2023년 2월 16일

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The municipal government of La Trinidad in the Philippines is encouraging strawberry farmers to shift to elevated farming techniques to combat the effects of land conversion and increase their yield. This practice involves growing crops in vertically stacked layers. The shift is necessary as more farmlands are being converted into private properties for non-agricultural use. The town has recorded an average strawberry production of 11.44 metric tons during the season, which runs from December to April. Farmers are also planting other crops like lettuce to maximize rented space and income.

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The municipal government of La Trinidad has urged farmers to adopt elevated strawberry farming to produce three times their regular yield and battle the effects of land conversion. Nida Organo, municipal agriculture officer of Benguet's capital town La Trinidad, said that due to land conversion, strawberry farmers are left to rent spaces to grow their produce as more farmlands become privately owned and are converted for other non-farming purposes. "We urge the farmers to adopt the new technology, which has been proven to increase yield three times more than what is produced when farming on the ground," Organo said. Organo cited the La Trinidad Strawberry Farm as an example, saying that the pieces of land that the Benguet State University-owned property rents out to strawberry farmers are becoming fewer due to land conversion. The biggest conversion in the area happened in early 2000 with the establishment of the Benguet Agripinoy Trading Center (BAPTC), where a facility for ...

Source: Hortidaily