Oriental Negros Board Member Marcelo Adanza said he is planning to expand the carabao dispersal program in Zambuanguita, Oriental Negros.

Adanza said that, after its successful implementation last year, he plans to replicate the program in neighboring towns, from Valencia to Basay, which have agriculture farming projects. The program was implemented last year in Barangay Kalumboyan, Bayawan using the dispersal concept of eventual ownership of a carabao.

It started with 12 heads of carabao costing P100,000. At present there are an estimated 400 carabao heads which were dispersed to farmers in Zambouaguita.

Adanza said the original concept of the program is to give opportunity to farmers to own a carabao.

He said the initial phase of the program implementation was not easy because they needed to closely monitor the farmers.

Under the program, the local government unit will provide the mother carabao and after it has produced two offsprings, the mother carabao will automatically belong to the farmer.

Adanza said the program could become more successful if there is a close monitoring of the beneficiaries.*MA

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