By
Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff
Reporter
City of Batac—After
the oyster mushroom production, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
(BJMP) Batac District Jail is now the pilot area for the Bolinao chicken project
in Region I.
The project is a joint venture between Mariano Marcos State
University (MMSU), Ilocos Agriculture and Aquatic Resources Research and
Development Consortium (ILAARDEC) and the Department of Science and Technology
(DOST) exclusively for Region I.
Jail Senior Inspector Antonio Sapaden announced that BJMP
Batac is “very lucky” as the DOST chose it as the project’s pilot area.
Mr. Sapaden explained that DOST funded the chicken coop
construction in coordination with MMSU. The chicken coop has a cost of
PHP100,000.
The BJMPs counterpart is the labor for the construction and
caring for the chicken.
As the pilot area, DOST also provides the needed feeds
and equipment for the said project.
In an earlier interview, MMSU section chief on training
and continuing education (TCE) Bella C. Gervacio, she said BJMP Batac will be
the pilot area for the Bolinao chicken project, which now comes to fruition.
She added that Bolinao chicken is a native chicken is
predominant in Bolinao, Pangasinan.
She said that the project aims to improve the breed of
the Bolinao chicken “tapnu saan nga aglalaok ta ngamin adu a klase iti
native chicken ditoy Pilipinas”.
According to Ms. Gervacio, the project implementors chose
BJMP-Batac as the first beneficiary of this project because they saw the
receptivity of the institution; their current tie up project on the oyster
mushroom production; having enough space for the project and surplus foods or
remnants aside from the feeds, which is only an augmentation; and their
willingness to cooperate in the project.
BJMP-Batac received five families of five hens and one
rooster, each.
The agencies will also provide the incubators for chicken
eggs.
“No didiay structure bagi dan ton ngem dagitay
manok saan ta sukatan da. Masapul nga adda sustainability of the
project tapnun adda met maipasublat iti sabali ta ditoy to iti agbalin nga
breeding house a mabalin to payen a paggapwan iti mailaku a piyek kadagiti
interested buyers tayo,” Ms. Gervacio expounded.
“We are trying to market the Bolinao chicken nga isu
kuma iti mang-dominate kadagidiay aglalaok nga breed iti manok
tayo,” she ended.
The Bolinao chicken project comes at the heels of the
oyster mushroom production, which began in July 2019.
Mr. Sapaden thanked MMSU and other agencies for their
trust in giving skills training for the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs).
“Ta mamati-ak nga dakkel to a makatulong dagitoy nga
skills training kadagiti PDLs tayo intono makarwar da ta sindadaan to
latta dagiti trainers a mangtulong wennu mang-assist kanyada uray
adda dan ton iti ruwar,” Mr. Sapaden stressed.
BJMP-Batac first screened the PDLs who participated, and
they chose only those who showed interest and commitment.
MMSU has chosen BJMP-Batac to help and rehabilitate the
PDLs’ commitment in terms of their future social reintegration.
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