00:00In the face of the country's involvement in food security,
00:03it is not only the place of our fellow countrymen who will reap the fruits of the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.,
00:10but also the land that will grow.
00:13In fact, President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. has invested in the country's first mobile soil laboratory.
00:21Ken and Patiente in Central News Live.
00:24Nayomi Makasaysayan,
00:27this is how President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.
00:30will invest in the country's first mobile soil laboratory that he led.
00:37A while ago, the President himself inspected the so-called laboratory.
00:41It is a simple truck, but this 10-wheeler truck is fully equipped with new equipment and facilities
00:48that will help in assessing the soil parameters or quality of the land of the farmers in the country.
00:54According to the President, the mobile soil laboratory will serve as a means
00:58for the farmers to obtain solid soil data for the effective use of fertilizer,
01:04as well as to improve their production.
01:07At the same time, it will help the farmers to make their land fertile
01:12that will provide a way for their livelihood.
01:17The MSL will be able to assess more than 40 chemical,
01:23physical, and microbiological parameters of the soil and water.
01:31Through this, our farmers will be able to ensure that their land is fertile,
01:38the foundation of a higher and more prosperous crop.
01:43He will also be able to teach them new knowledge in technology
01:47and new ways in agriculture because it will also serve as a training facility.
01:53In addition, the help of the so-called laboratory to build new techniques in agriculture
01:59that, according to the President, will strengthen the sector of agriculture
02:03and the use of food security in the country.
02:08This is not the only thing that helps our farmers.
02:11The data that will be collected from this will also provide us with information
02:20to build a foundation that meets the real needs of our agriculture
02:28and in every place because the situation is different.
02:34The Mobile Laboratory in Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Zambales, Bulacan, Pampanga, Aurora, and Bataan
02:41is currently in operation.
02:42It will last in every province for almost 2 months
02:45and will provide services to 10 farmers every day for free.
02:52The aim of this project is to give our farmers the knowledge and technology
02:59that they will be able to use in a scientific way of farming.
03:04We will continue to support and expand the capacity of our current soil laboratories
03:10that have been in the hands of the government for a long time in addressing climate change.
03:17Nayomi, each Mobile Laboratory is worth Php 38 million
03:22and next year, according to the Department of Agriculture,
03:25there will be an additional Php 16 million of this project
03:29and it will be placed in different regions of the country.
03:32That's all for now. Back to you, Nayomi.
03:35Thank you very much, Kenneth Paciente.
