Last October
10, BASF Philippines, Inc. gave the Inigan Upland Farmers Association (IUFA) 50
pieces of knapsack sprayers and 350 packs of seed (ampalaya, upo, pumpkin,
papaya, and yardlong bean) to support their farming activities in Sitio Inigan, Brgy. San Rafael, Montalban, Rizal.
The Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik
or commonly known as BASF funded the project “Arm in Arm in Farm” under its
Connected to Care Project.
The knapsack
sprayers will be under IUFA while the packs of seed were distributed directly to
the farmers.
Before the turnover, a session on crop
protection and production was also conducted by the company’s technical people.
Part of the project is also a continuing
technical assistance to the farmers for the next 10 months.
The IUFA is one of the three farmers’ associations
provided with livelihood assistance in Wawa-Rodriguez Sub-Watershed portion of
the Marikina Watershed.
