Thirteen rice clusters have been formed in Negros Occidental to ensure the efficient implementation of the government rice program for farmers in the province.

Agriculturist II Nilda Juguan of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist said the farmers are now grouped into clusters based on the rice areas to which they belong, either irrigated, rain-fed or hybrid. Each cluster is not less than 50 hectares of contiguous rice areas and located within five kilometer radius in a city or municipality.

"We extend to them technical assistance and supervision. We can monitor the results (of the intervention) better if the farmer are clustered by areas," Juguan told the DAILY STAR yesterday.

4 groups get
P270,00 in project grants

Four farmers' groups recently received a total of P269,800 in livelihood grants from the Negros Occidental provincial government for their various livelihood projects.

Three associations from southern Negros were granted P210,000.

The recipients who each received a check for P70,000 were Nabuswang Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Binalbagan; Malusay Fisheries Fishermen Mangrove Association Inc. of Himamaylan City; and Sitio Ubay Mangrove Tree Planters Association of Kabankalan City.

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