Tabuk City, Kalinga – A total of 264 fish pond owners in Kalinga benefited from the recently distributed 141.88 units of pond culture livelihood packages amounting to P1,773,438, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said Tuesday, September 14, 2021.
The beneficiaries include 63 fisherfolks from Pinukpuk, 48 from Tinglayan, 77 from Lubuagan, 15 from Rizal and 61 from Pasil.
Each unit of the project, according to Aquaculture Officer Clifford Fernandez is composed of 1,000 fingerlings and 11 bags of feeds to include fry mash, pre-starter, starter, grower, and finisher. The maximum area of the fishpond set per unit is 200 square meters.
Fisherfolks who were only able to prepare below the maximum pond area were only provided according to their pond’s capacity. This, he explained is the reason behind the large number of recipients when compared to the total units given.
In a separate interview, Provincial Fisheries Officer Joyce Ducyogen said inputs given by BFAR-Kalinga through the livelihood project which is part of the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program shall serve as start-up capital for the recipients to establish community enterprise that could eventually make them move out of poverty when properly manage.
SAAD’s goal, she reiterated is to help marginalized farmers and fishers move out of poverty by increasing food production and establish community enterprise through providing appropriate technology, marketing, and other services.
For said reason, before granting the projects to the recipients, they must first able to attend orientation and trainings they have conducted for them to attain recommended rates, recommended stocking, proper water management and proper feeding management as a result.
It is also during the orientation that they were taught proper pond layout, do pond preparation, and learn its management, including record keeping.
Reports of production is mandated for the fisherfolks to show success of their work through as this serve as the basis if they really followed what was oriented to them and for them to be able to again benefit from the program.
“Istimaren da a, padakkelen da as expected tapnu ma-attain da diay desired marketable size and then happy kami sa BFAR pag irereport nila yung expected estimated sale pag nakuha nila yun. Ang premyo nila pag ganun, bibigyan ulit sila ng another stock after 4 or 5months pero pag hindi inalagaan, at walang production bill na ibibigay sa amin, magdadalawang-isip pa kami,” Ducyogen said.
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