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LEGAZPI CITY — As the weather improved after months of intermittent rain and series of typhoons, the women planters in the third district of Albay have returned to farming, in their bid to address the spiking prices of commodities in the countryside.
Rep. Fernando Cabredo of Albay's 3rd District said that the women planters have resumed gardening activities across the third district to sup-port President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s call for food security.
"In line with President Bongbong Marcos' call to address rising prices of commodities, I encourage all women planters in the 3rd District of Albay to continue and expand their farming activities," Cabredo told The Manila Times.
Earlier this week, Cabredo said that he met with the women planters in the first district to discuss ways to strengthen and expand their agricul-tural initiatives after the series of bad weather disturbances that hit Bicol in October 2024.
The Women for Progress movement, with close to 10,000 women planters in Albay's third district, continues to cultivate a communal garden to produce vegetables, corn and root crops to help the government sustain the availability of food in the countryside.
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This group of small-scale women farmers, established almost a decade ago, helps the government to fuel food sustainability and fight against hunger.
The Taranuman sa Barangay project was established by former Albay 3rd District representative now Ligao City Mayor Fernando Gonzalez after Typhoon Nina hit Albay on Dec. 25, 2016.
Its aim is to provide a source of livelihood for women in Albay through planting vegetables and other root crops in backyards.
Gonzalez's communal garden project is said to be a success, generating money for the jobless mothers, aside from providing them with a space for backyard gardening for personal consumption.
Following the successful implementation of the Taranuman sa Barangay project, a women's market in Maharlika Highway (Diversion Road), Barangay Calzada in Ligao City was established wherein the agricultural products harvested in communal gardens across the 3rd district of Albay province are sold in the Bagsakan market of Ligao.
Since then, the members of the movement have continued to grow with the project, providing fresh vegetables in Albay's local markets, de-spite the typhoons, El Nino phenomenon, Covid-19 pandemic, and the constant threat of the Mayon Volcano eruption.
