Three farmers in Koronadal City recently received dairy buffaloes from the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) in Kabacan, North Cotabato.
A report from the City Information Office identified the three beneficiary farmers as Darlene Bacongco of Barangay San Isidro, Cherrie Almasan of Barangay San Jose and Noel Jacinto of Barangay Mabini.
Almasan and Jacinto received three carabaos each while Bacongco received four, which they will use for production of carabao milk as a source of income.
The animal dispersal is an upshot of memorandum of agreement that Koronadal City Mayor Peter Miguel signed with PCC-Kabacan Center Director Benjamin John Basilio signed on March 20 for the promotion of carabao dairy production in the area.
In his message at the MOA signing, Basilio expressed hope that the animal dispersal project would result in increased supply of inexpensive carabao milk in the area.
The dairy buffaloes that cost P45,000 each were sourced from the Philippine Carabao Center’s dairy buffalo multiplier farm in Javier, Leyte province, Basilio said.
As their obligation in the collaboration, farmers Bacongco, Almasan and Jacinto are responsible for rearing the animals and providing farm lot where they should grow the food for the buffaloes.
Also, the beneficiaries are obliged to hand over to PCC the first offspring of the dairy buffaloes for dispersal to other farmers who would like to venture into dairy production. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12)
