Engr. James Mark Agra of PCA, Mayor Agatep, Municipal Agriculturist Carmelita Rivera, SB-Agriculture Committee Chair Lilibeth B. del Rosario, Info Officer Renato Paat, Jr., MASO’s Regieal Miguel, and Antonio Malsit, Jr.
SPEECH DELIVERED BY MAYOR DANTE DEXTER A. AGATEP AT THE OPENING OF THE THREE-DAY BUSINESS SCHOOL FOR LASAM COCONUT FARMERS.
My fellow public servants from LGU-Lasam...
Guests from the Department of Agriculture Region 2 Field Office...
Engr. James Mark Agra, of the Philippine Coconut Authority...
Thank you, sir for helping us organize this training.
Mrs. Editha B. Mansion, Acting Administrator of TESDA-Lasam Institute of Technology...
Thank you, ma’am for hosting this three-day training.
Our trainers from the Agricultural Training Institute of Region 2 Training Center...
TESDA-LIT educators...
Our trainees for this Coconut Farm Business School.
Natalged a bigat...
Maragsakan nak unay nga umad-adu ti mangisay-sayangkat ken interesado iti naduma-duma nga livelihood programs ditoy ili tayo.
In my administration’s battlecry NATALGED A LASAM, the letter L stands for Livelihood Development.
This training aims to improve the livelihood of our coconut growers.
But my dear farmers, you are here to train how to run your own coconut farm as a business...
Daytoy a training ket naangay tapno ma-convince kayo nga ti maysa a coconut farmer ket rumbeng nga agbalin a negosyante, haan laeng a mannalon.
In this three-day training, you will be taught how:
* to become a Coconut Farmer-Enterpreneur – kas nakunakon maysa ka nga negosyante ti niyog;
* to make a business plan – dagiti strategies ti negosyo tapno gumanansya ka; and
* to implement your business plans – nu kasanu nga pagtarayen ti coconut business mo.
A training as this is only one aspect of our livelihood programs for your sector.
We have just coordinated with Philippine Coconut Authority central office for us to go into coconut hybridization.
We have just identified a suitable area where to start a coconut seedlings nursery in Alannay.
Bareng nga iti mabiit, addan ton hybrid coco seedlings nga maiwaras ti Municipal Agricultural Services Office.
Nakapag-train metten dagiti dadduma nga MASO agriculturists tayo maipanggep ti coconut-cacao intercropping.
As we are after the profitability of all our agricultural activities, we are encouraging both cacao and coconut growers to go into intercropping.
Nu masursuro yo ti agba-baet a panagmula ti cacao ken niyog, sigurado-ak mas profitable wenno gumanansya kayo iti farming business yo.
Ti cacao-coconut intercropping…
…ti agtultuloy nga technical assitance dagiti municipal agriculturists tayo…
…ken daytoy training ti coconut business…
…ket partes pay ti programa ti Natalged a Lasam nga makunkuna nga Agricultural Productivity ken Food Security.
Sapay ta ikkan yu ti importansya dagituy ken agbalaigi kayon to amin farmer-entrepreneurs.
Agyamanak, ken naimbag a bigat!