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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Mayor Nicholas Yulo wanted to make Bago City the “food basket” of Negros Occidental.
Yulo delivered his first State of the City Address yesterday at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center in Bago City.
He said he wanted to improve food production in Bago, which is considered the “rice granary” of the province.
“Indi naton ina pagpabay-an,” Yulo said of food security issues. “We want to make Bago the food basket, not only the rice granary of Negros Occidental.”
Yulo said he will focus on preserving agricultural farms, especially that commercialization is rapidly expanding.
“We cannot stop it (commercialization) but we also need to consider the potential of our farms,” he said.
Moreover, Yulo will collaborate with the provincial government and national government agencies to enhance and create more irrigation projects.
Currently, 15,000 hectares of Bago City’s 40,000-hectare total land area are irrigated./PN
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