Mindanaotoday.com | Agri dep’t grants P1.5M Enhanced Kadiwa financial aid to M. Fortich
By: Maria Paz Tablon
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – To ensure food commodities are made available and accessible in high consumer demand areas, the Department of Agriculture-10 (DA-10) through Carlota Madriaga, regional technical director for operations, handed over P1.5 million in check to the local government unit (LGU) of Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon at the agency compound.
The grant is under DA’s Enhanced Kadiwa Financial Grant Assistance program intended for the purchase of a hauling truck to intensify the LGU’s food terminal activities in selling different agricultural products of assisted farmer-producers, which are handled by its women’s group.
Leading LGU Manolo Fortich in receiving the check is Councilor Elzevir Dagunlay, committee on agriculture vice chair; Gemma Cania, municipal agriculturist; Zorayda Lozada, municipal treasurer; and Maribeth Barrio, the Kadiwa project in-charge, in the presence of Ferdinand Caraballe, DA-10 agribusiness and marketing assistance division chief. (MPMT | DA-10)
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