MMSU completes relief ops to IN families

By DANIEL P. TAPAOAN, JR.

 

The MMSU’s Science-based Emergency Assistance Project in response to COVID-19 crisis in Ilocos Norte has already completed its relief distribution efforts to more than 1,000 families.

 

Implemented by the university research and extension directorates and funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD), the project has benefited 112 barangays in the towns of Solsona, Marcos, Banna, Paoay, Piddig, Pasuquin, Burgos, Vintar, Sarrat, and the City of Batac. 

 

Ms. Mercy Gaño, chief of university’s applied communication section and one of the project leaders, said that each family received three kilos of rice and three packs of assorted vegetable seeds.

 

There were 100 recipients from each town, except in Banna, which had 133. 

 

Gaño said the relief distribution started on the last week of April in Solsona, Marcos, and Banna. It continued on May 5 in Paoay; May 6 in Piddig, Pasuquin, and Burgos; May 11 in Vintar and Sarrat; and on May 12 in the City of Batac.

 

Aside from the families, about 100 selected MMSU staff will also receive kilos of milled rice next week, Gaño added.

 

This project is an offshoot of the completed project of MMSU and the DOST-PCAARRD on Sustaining Crop Productivity in Climate Vulnerable Areas in Ilocos Norte through Science and Technology Community-based Farms (STCBF) on Climate-Resilient Production Technologies.

 

A significant amount of PhP 363,444 was left when the project was completed in December 2019. Thus, the MMSU, through the approval of DOST-PCAARRD, has used the fund to buy milled rice and seeds for distribution to various communities in Ilocos Norte. (StratCom)
 

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