Wednesday, January 23, 2008

RCC of Upper Calauag

ROTARY CLUB OF CALAUAG ORGANIZES ROTARY COMMUNITY CORPS (RCC) OF UPPER CALAUAG AND SPONSORS FARMERS' FIELD SCHOOL FOR YELLOW CORN PRODUCTION

The Rotary Club of Calauag successfully sponsored a Farmers’ Field School (FFS) for corn production at Brgy. Tiniguiban, Calauag, Quezon. This was in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture’s Quezon Agricultural Experimental Station in Tiaong, Quezon. More than fifty (50) farmers participated in the FFS-Corn. They met every Tuesday of the week from June 13 to October 02, 2007 or approximately 18 weekly sessions. The farmers were taught the basics of corn production using a 3,000 square meter field-laboratory they established in Brgy. Tiniguiban, Calauag, Quezon.

The farmers were also organized into the Rotary Community Corps of Upper Calauag sponsored by the Rotary Club of Calauag. The municipal government of Calauag likewise supported the project by improving the 28-kilometer barangay road from the Maharlika Highway to Brgy. Tiniguiban and will also acquire a farm tractor for the use of the farmers.

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