The Department of Agriculture

The Department of Agriculture (DA), pushing for higher yields and greater fee-adding for legumes with a purpose to assist increase the competitiveness of farmers cultivating the crop, hosted the primary Luzon Legumes (Peanut, Mungbean and Soybean) Summit on November 19 to 22 in Ilagan, Isabela.

The DA-Office of the Undersecretary for High Value Crops and Rural Credit and the DA-Cagayan Valley (Region 2) office spearheaded the summit that amassed legume farmers and stakeholders to address the industry’s modern troubles and concerns including manufacturing development and crop safety, and interventions to improve the farmers’ manufacturing capacity and competitiveness. The summit contributors also saw the need for a five-year roadmap for the improvement of the home legume industry.

Photo shows a number of the products from legumes that have been exhibited all through the first Luzon Legumes (Peanut, Mungbean and Soybean) Summit on November 19 to 22 in Ilagan, Isabela. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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“Legumes are essential not simplest as a source of food for humans and animals. They provide nutritionally rich crop residues wanted for the improvement and improvement of cropping systems for corn, rice, fruit bushes and other plants,” said Rose Mary Aquino, DA-Cagayan Valley local technical director for studies and regulatory, instructed members of the summit.

“They play a key function in retaining crop productivity and mainly an answer on depletion of nutrient factors in the soil,” she brought.

Among the highlights of the summit have been well-knownshows showcasing some of the Bureau of Agricultural Research-supported studies and improvement technology on value-including and stepped forward seed styles of legumes. Technologies on carrageenan for mungbean (munggo) productiveness, boron fertilization for advanced yield and profits of peanut, hermetic seed garage generation for mungbean, and cost-powerful seed garage era for peanut were additionally exhibited.