This is a repost from pia.gov.ph. CARMONA Cavite, October 25 (PIA) — Thirty farmers from different barangays in this municipality participated in the four-day training on urban agriculture conducted by the municipal agriculture office to equip them with modern methods and techniques.
This is one of the special projects of the local government headed by Mayor Dahlia Loyola and municipal council that will surely provide gainful livelihood for the farmers including out-of-school youth and even retirees, senior citizen in the community.
The training was facilitated by Techgen, a company which specializes in different methods and techniques in every aspect in urban farming.
Municipal Agriculture head, Nenita Ernacio who spearheaded the training thanked Techgen officials for giving the participants additional inputs in urban agriculture. She pointed out that aside from backyard gardening, other potential sites for gardening are schools, vacant lots, and other available lands in every barangays or community.
In a paper titled “Urban Agriculture in the Philippines: Its Beginning and Status” written by Pedito S. Nitural, he mentioned that the term urban agriculture has surfaced in cursory discussions among members of the administrative council of the Cavite State University (CvSU) as early as 1990.
He said that CvSU research and development activities focused on multi-storey farming system with coconut coffee base crops. Because of the limited land area available, the then Don Severino Agricultural College (DASC) opted to develop nursery management for ornamentals, rapid propagation of orchids, greenhouse management of high value crops and vegetables, and the development of native chicken. It may be noted that these are some components of urban agriculture. (Ruel Francisco, PIA-Cavite/Carmona PIO)
