BACOLOD CITY — The Negros Occidental provincial government turned over PHP2.4 million worth of chicken layer production project to various recipients in rites held at the Capitol Negosyo Center in this city on Thursday.
Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. led the turn-over rites with Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) head Renante Decena.
The project included 30 units of layer cages with ready-to-lay pullets which cost P80,000 each.
The recipients included paravets associations, local government units, state colleges and universities, and the Negros First Ministries Association.
The governor told the beneficiaries to make good use of their livelihood projects.
He said the success of the project lies in their hands, and it is up to them to grow and eventually improve the quality of their lives.
As support to the project implementation, the PVO initiated a training on Layer Production and Management under the Negros First Animal Livelihood Program Layer Project.
Resource speakers Dr. Regel Manuel, Ryan Ymalay and Jasmin Marie Gerona discussed Layer Health Management, Layer Feeding and Nutrition, and Quality Egg and Marketing.
For this year, the PVO has allotted almost PHP40 million worth of development projects aimed to further strengthen the province’s livestock and poultry industry, which includes the PHP6-million free-range chicken farm and hatchery development. (Nanette Guadalquiver/PNA)
