ALABEL, Sarangani (August 26, 2011) - Camilo Montefalcon, agriculture technologist of the office of the provincial agriculturist, checks on the gall leaf, a mango disease caused by eriophiyds mites during the inspection at the demo farm in barangay Bagacay Thursday, August 25. The demo farm is an output and a component program of FFS (Farmers Field School), a once-a-week training for 16 weeks or from planting to harvesting. The training is conducted by FFS-graduate technicians provided by the office of the provincial agriculturist and its municipal counterpart. FFS is a group-based learning process that has been used by a number of governments, NGOs and international agencies to promote IMP (Integrated Pest Management), a pest management strategy that builds on biological control as its foundation. (Cocoy Sexcion/SARANGANI INFORMATION OFFICE)
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