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| Uy (Panay News Photo) |
The Library and Organic Farming Learning Center was
inaugurated in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Friday.
The organic library, which is located at the 36-hectare
property Eco-Agri in Barangay Pahanocoy, in this city, is free and open
to everyone who is willing to learn new technology in organic farming, said
Ramon Uy Sr., president of RU Foundry Shop/Ecological and Agricultural
Development Foundation.
He believed that out of school youths and communities have
hidden talents that are not tapped due to poverty that’s why they want to cater
them.
This library and learning center will give them a break and
opportunity to succeed in life, he said.
He said that everyone is welcome to learn in the library,
especially those who are willing can learn the best practices in organic
farming.
Also, the private and public sectors entered into a
memorandum of agreement to extend services to out of school youths and
communities in promoting organic farming and technological assistance.
The memorandum of agreement was signed by Uy; Dr. Fernando
Sanchez Jr., president of University of the Philippines (UP); Dr. Romulo Sisno,
president of North Negros State College of Science and
Technology (NONESCOST); and Stephen Leonidas, regional director of
Department of Agrarian Reform-6 (DAR-6).
The MOA will also provide communities with organic fertilizer
production technology.
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