Farm clustering has increased Agusanon farmers’ income with the assistance from Rice Business Innovations System (RiceBIS) Community Program.
Farmers in the expansion sites in Remedios T. Romualdez and Buenavista, Agusan del Norte increased their income by 55.06-61.94% and 28.82-64.01% for wet season 2021 and 28.82-64.01% and 31.31-82.26% for dry season 2022.
RiceBIS expansion partnered with 16 clusters and trained 415 farmers in the PalayCheck System for Agroenterprise development every cropping season from 2020 wet season to 2022 dry season.
The curriculum of this training was crafted through the needs and problems of farmers in the community or cluster on rice production.
In addition, the PhilRice Agusan RiceBIS team was awarded the Best Poster for the Socioeconomics Category at the 27th Federation of Plant Science Associations of the Philippines (FPSAP) Scientific Conference held in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, from Aug. 27 to Sept. 1.
