DOST, patuloy ang pagtulong sa sektor ng agrikultura sa gitna ng epekto ng #ElNiñoPH

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00:00 The Department of Science and Technology is working hard to reduce the effects of aluminum in the agriculture sector.

00:08 In fact, it has a technology that can help in the process of agricultural products.

00:15 What is it? Let's take a look at the latest news from Rod Lagusan.

00:19 To help farmers who are more affected by their poor harvest,

00:26 the Department of Science and Technology is continuously helping the agriculture sector in Oriental Mindoro,

00:32 where the provincial government is located.

00:34 This includes the demo farm that is being developed as an agri-premier incubator.

00:39 We want the farmers of Oriental Mindoro to become businessmen.

00:44 They need to be given an ecosystem where they can grow as businessmen.

00:55 So what we have here are facilities that can add value to their commodities.

01:02 There is an agri-processing facility here that will process their products,

01:06 including rice, bananas, and calamansi, which are the main products of the province.

01:11 And now, the province of El Nino is affected.

01:14 It will help because it will give our farmers options to explore,

01:23 like the climate resilient technologies.

01:26 They need to be able to adapt to climate change phenomena,

01:34 like El Nino, floods, and strong storms.

01:39 There is also an alternative livelihood, like the processing of agricultural products.

01:44 Aside from the free use of the facility, they are also given training.

01:48 That is why the DOST is calling for their attention to their work.

01:52 So that we can help them,

01:57 even if it is not a big help to solve their problems,

02:04 we can give them small steps or baby steps,

02:09 and that would result in bigger interventions that we can give them.

02:16 Aside from the DOST, the Department of Agriculture and DILG is also active here.

02:21 Rod Laguzad for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.