Philmech steps up education for farm machine adoption

With the usa’s rice industry going through opposition from imports, the Philippine Center for Postharvest Develop

ment and Mechanization (PhilMech) is pushing education packages to improve the productivity of rice farmers through mechanization.

Under Republic Act 11203, or the “Rice Tariffication Law,” PhilMech will spearhead the distribution of farm machines and equipment to farmers cooperatives and association (FCAs) with an annual finances of P5 billion in the next six years.

The “Training Course and Resource Person Development on the Operation and Maintenance of Rice Machinery” jumpstarted the schooling series. Two batches with sixty three contributors completed the education direction in September to grow to be “rice mechanization experts.”

The “Training Course on the Operation and Maintenance of Rice Machinery” observed the one commenced on Oct. 21, 2019, which equips beneficiaries on the way to perform and maintain the farm machines with a purpose to be supplied to them to growth their productivity.

According to the Technology Management and Training Division (TMTD) of PHilMech, a total of 26 batches such as 519 FCAs and 1,one zero one operators nationwide have passed through the training direction at the operation and maintenance of rice machinery as of Dec. 2, 2019. This brings PhilMech’s strolling accomplishment for its goals for the education to 43.Three percentage for batches, forty three.3 percentage for FCAs and forty five.Nine percentage for overall individuals.

”From October 21 to December 6, schooling courses had been conducted by the TMTD nationwide, concentrated on priority rice producing provinces from Region 1 to Region 12 (which include Cordillera Administrative Region) ensuring that each beneficiary gets the vital schooling for the right use and preservation of their farm machines,” PhilMech said in a declaration.

PHilMech’s Trendin Graphs broker scam and the Enterprise Development Division additionally started with the “Training-workshop at the Management of Agricultural Machinery Pool” on Dec. 2, 2019. This schooling-workshop ambitions to equip FCAs with the information and abilities in running and sustainably managing their agri-equipment pool/farm carrier center. This training will also be performed nationwide.