SAN JOSE, Antique – Farmers in San Remegio received a P2.8 million fund from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program to fund a goat project.
According to DA agriculture officer 1 Sonie Guanco on Friday, head of the agriculture provincial office here, farmers’ associations from four barangays of the municipality received 108 out of the 180 total goat heads under the program on May 12.
These associations were from Barangays Nagbangi I, Orquia, General Luna, and Carawisan II.
Guanco added that these associations were given goats because their areas are suitable for goat-raising.
The farmers’ association in Nagbangi I received 72 goats, while Orquia, General Luna, and Carawisan II received 36 heads each.
The distributed goats were 18 months to two years old and are already suitable for breeding.
“The advantage of goat production project is that the animals are not hard to raise, does not need a big capital to start with, and does not require commercial feeds,” said Guanco.
The goat production project is an addition to the palay production livelihood, according to Guanco. It started with only 219 goats.
The recipient farmers’ associations are not required to have a payback, but they have to raise the animals well to later distribute its kids to the other members of the association.PNA/PN
