Farmers in the Agusan del Sur city of Bayugan will now have the capacity to enhance the management of their farms with the introduction of the newly-completed Automatic Weathering Station (AWS) in the area.

In a statement Thursday, the Department of Science and Technology in the Caraga Region (DOST-13) said Bayugan farmers will be aided in farm management by the AWS data proved through forecasting.

The DOST-13 formally handed over the AWS equipment to the city government on Wednesday.

“AWS is one of the products and services under Project SARAI (Smarter Approaches to Reinvigorate Agriculture as an Industry in the Philippines) of the agency that provides crop advisories to farmers,” the DOST-13 said.

Project SARAI is an action-research program, funded by the DOST through the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development.

The project aims to develop a national crop forecasting and monitoring system for rice, corn, banana, coconut, coffee, cacao, sugarcane, soybean, and tomato yields. (PNA)