BALANGA CITY, Bataan—Board Member Benjie Serrano has commended local farmers for following a provincial ordinance prohibiting the burning of rice straws and other farm wastes.
“We are very satisfied that farmers in the barangays of Bataan are following the ordinance,” said Serrano, Sangguniang Panlalawigan chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. “With the ordinance, farm wastes are being converted into something useful, like organic fertilizer aside from preventing pollution.”
He joined Gov. Albert Garcia, Rep. Geraldine Roman, Provincial Agriculturist Imelda Inieto, other government officials and farmers in celebrating Provincial Achievement Day of the Bataan Agriculture Office, held at the capitol compound.
Inieto said four barangays were awarded Best Barangay Adopter of the provincial ordinance, each getting a multi-purpose shredder and P10,000 cash.
