GUINAYANGAN, QUEZON – 25 January 2024 — Two newly established vegetable greenhouses are now supporting local seed systems and enhancing farmers’ access to diverse planting materials in Guinayangan, Quezon. Turned over by the Local Government Unit of Guinayangan and the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), the facilities are located in Dungawan Central and the Arbismen Crop Museum.
The greenhouses serve as community-based nurseries that enable year-round seedling production, helping farmers access quality planting materials and improve crop diversity. These facilities also promote semi-commercial vegetable production and contribute to local nutrition and income generation.
Forty farmer-beneficiaries, graduates of farmer field schools on organic vegetable production, received gardening tools, diverse vegetable seedlings, and 20 crop diversity kits from IIRR. These included crops such as tomato, eggplant, cowpea, rice bean, saluyot (Corchorus olitorius), kulitis (Amaranthus spp.), kadios (Cajanus cajan), kalabasa (Cucurbita moschata), okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), patola (Luffa cylindrica), patani (Phaseolus lunatus), roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa), alugbati (Basella alba), and bataw (Lablab purpureus).
The activity not only strengthened on-farm access to nutritious crops but also equipped farmers with practical knowledge on sustainable production through farmer field school training.
To support continued operations, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between IIRR and the LGU of Guinayangan, ensuring long-term maintenance and shared ownership of the greenhouse facilities.
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