The Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM for short) is helping local farmers in Pampanga and Tarlac to be more efficient and competitive.The TTM constructed a demonstration farm located in Tarlac City, Tarlac in 2022. The five-hectare demonstration farm facility is complete with two full sized modern greenhouses, equipment sheds for housing and storing the latest farming equipment from Taiwan, organic planting fields, modern offices which also serve as class lecture rooms for orientation and training, as well as housing for its officers.

In the short span of two years, the TTM has helped the local farmers by teaching them about intercropping, new crop rotation practices, and the set up and implementation of a crop calendar to maintain competitiveness.

Some of the local program participant farmers shared that since they began receiving training and assistance from the TTM, they have become more productive in growing better crops, been able to stay competitive and earn more, and how much they have developed their farming knowledge to build an edge in their local agricultural industry.

The fully automated greenhouses also serve as a plant nursery that grows and stores seedlings for high value crops. The TTM shared that this seedlings facility will be of great assistance to the Filipino farmers when restarting or rebuilding their farms after natural calamities.

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