Upland rice trainers equipped. Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute in Midsayap, North Cotabato has recently trained 18 agriculturists under the Rice-Based Farming Technology Transfer Program for the Bangsamoro. A collaborative project with the Japan International Cooperation Agency and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the training prepared the extensionists for season-long Farmer Field School to be conducted in July. Farmer-beneficiaries in Matanog, Buldon, and Barira in Maguindanao were already identified by the project’s Technical Working Group.
