Digitalized Farming! Provide Farmers With Daily Weather Reports

When Agriculture Technicians and farmers from Ilocos Norte who are experts in Onion and Garlic farming visited Rangayen, Alamada early this month, they were impressed by the fertility of the soil.
“Napakaganda ng lupa ninyo pero ang problema lang ninyo ay ulan dahil hindi puedeng maulanan ang Sibuyas at Bawang kung may dahon na,” San Nicolas farmer Joemer Salvador warned.
Heeding that warning, our farm workers prepared Bamboo slats to serve as the frame for the UV Plastic Sheets which would cover the crops during rainy days.
Kailangan lang mabilis ang mga farmers kasi minsan bigla lang uulan sa highlands ng Alamada.
Ito sana ang puedeng innovation na ma-introduce ng Dept.of Agriculture, a Daily Weather Advisory to be sent to the mobile phones of farmers.
To do this, the registry of farmers must be updated to include their mobile phone numbers.
Then, the DA could collaborate with PAGASA for the daily weather report.
This should be part of the Digitalization Program of Philippine Agriculture.
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