In-line with its thrust on production, KASC, through President Eduardo Bagtang, has submitted a proposal on egg production to the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) – a venture which was given the subsequent nod of approval.
As mentioned in its proposal write-up, “chicken egg production is a thriving and lucrative agricultural venture in other parts of the country by both big and small producers. However, in the Province of Kalinga, likewise in the other provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), egg production as a project is not really in place yet.”
The project – which would also push for organic fertilizer production and utilization – is intended for the production of fresh chicken eggs and layer culls mainly to produce income for KASC to strengthen its capacity to serve the people of the province. The project is also intended to support faculty, staff and students of KASC by way of producing fresh eggs and sell it at cheaper price.
According to Mr. Tomas Carabbacan, Director for Business Affairs, the Layer Houses are located at the main campus of the state college in Bulanao.
“The intended market for fresh eggs, layer cull and chicken dung as organic fertilizer will be the consumers in the Province of Kalinga and the nearby provinces of Isabela, Cagayan, Apayao, Mt. Province and Ifugao,” Mr. Carabbacan said.
Vice President for Planning, Research and
Extension, Dr. Amado Imper, said “the proposed project is consistent with the policies and priority thrusts of the DA on increased food, poultry and meat production. It also seeks to address the wise utilization and conservation of our production resources such as soil and water.”
The successfully defended project also mentioned that the project can serve as a model farm to the farmers and entrepreneurs in Kalinga particularly on the practice of sound poultry management. Businessmen on poultry products can get their merchandize at cheaper wholesale price and lower expenses from the project because it is already within the Province of Kalinga.
Also, the project can generate substantial number of employment for the people of Kalinga. Analysis of production aspect and marketing channels showed that the project can generate not lower than fifty (50) jobs ranging from production caretakers, feed production, transportation activities, buying and selling of poultry products and by-products, capital mobilization and construction of poultry houses.
With these considerations, the proposal was brought to ACEF – a fund which appropriates for both capital outlays and maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE) of projects that pass through its scrutiny. It finances agricultural projects and is involved in proposal review and appraisal as well as pre-implementation, audit, monitoring and evaluation activities.
The ACEF is also a funding source of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997 (AFMA) as per Section 112 of R.A. 8435.
After a rigorous review of the KASC proposal, ACEF stamped its approval and appropriated 22M for the chicken egg production – a loan that KASC expects to repay by the sixth year of the project.
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