Bayer said it continues its seed processing and distribution operations in its Calamba, Laguna and Pulilan, Bulacan plants to support the government’s food resiliency program, particularly the ALPAS Kontra COVID-19 or “Plant, Plant, Plant” program.
The Department of Agriculture reaffirmed the importance of unhampered movement of food and agricultural products. This includes home quarantine exemptions for agribusiness personnel and those involved in processing and logistics of agricultural inputs.
Bayer has responded by mobilizing its product supply and logistics teams to prepare hybrid rice and hybrid corn seeds for timely delivery to its channels.
“We are looking at having bulk of our Arize hybrid rice seeds and DEKALB hybrid corn seeds available to farmers before end of April,” said Bayer Crop Science country commercial lead Iiinas Ivan Lao.