ILOILO CITY, Dec. 8 -- The Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas, through its Integrated Laboratories Division, will roll out its mobile soil laboratory (MSL) in the first district of Iloilo this week.

In a deployment activity and technical advisory for farmers on Monday, Integrated Laboratories Division officer-in-charge Chief, Dr. Lerisa Balopenos said the activity hosted by the municipality of Guimbal on Dec. 9 to 12 is their first deployment.

Balopenos said the deployment will be a crucial one and will involve all their soil scientists, with a target release of results in three days.

The activity aims to provide site-specific fertilizer recommendations based on soil analysis, capacitate farmers and agricultural extension wor...