ALANGALANG, Leyte- A poultry layer egg production pilot project was recently launched in this town aim to teach the farmers in the localities about poultry production.
Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla said that the
main purpose of the project is to help increase the income of the beneficiaries on top of the organic vegetable production that they are doing.
Petilla said that the pilot poultry project, located in Barangay Tombo, will serve as the training ground for the farmers who are the survivors of supertyphoon “Yolanda” to venture into poultry production as an additional source of income for the coconut farmers.
The beneficiary organization, Barangay Tombo Farmers Association, manages and operates the project under the supervision and control of the Provincial Agriculture Office.
The governor said that the first batch of the egg layers, composed of 1,400 layers, could produce 40 trays of 30 eggs per tray.
After 18 months the layers will be culled and will be sold as meat because they are not anymore laying eggs, he added.
The governor said that he is encouraging the coconut farmers, after their coconut plantations were devastated by the calamity, aside from going into intercropping to venture into livestock or poultry raising while they are still rehabilitating their coconut farms.
The governor said that it takes 4 to 7 years for the coconut to bear fruit depending upon the variety planted.
(RESTITUTO A. CAYUBIT)
