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Agri-10 provides over P533 million in agri aid and services to Bukidnon beneficiaries during the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair on November 11-12, 2023. (DA-10)
Mindanaotoday.com | DA-10 pours P533-M agri aid, services to Bukidnon in Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair
MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON – In Inconsonance with the national government’s efforts to ensure ease of access to government assistance and services in the countryside, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10) participated in the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF) on November 11 to 12, 2023 at the Bukidnon State University, in this city.
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez led the turnover of agricultural interventions and financial support, worth more than P533 million to Bukidnon Governor Rogelio Neil P. Roque and to the farmers and farmers’ cooperatives, and associations (FCAs) in the province during the opening program of the BPSF.
According to DA-10 Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado, the agency’s participation in the BPSF manifests its commitment to empowering farmers in Northern Mindanao by providing support through its programs and services.
Furthermore, he said that the interventions and financial assistance turned over during the BPSF form part of DA’s thrust towards a ‘Masaganang Agrikultura, Maunlad na Ekonomiya, Tungo sa Bagong Pilipinas’.
Said agri-interventions include funding support for the establishment of an INSPIRE swine production facility and a postharvest facility for corn in San Fernando and Dangcagan towns.
The Department also distributed hybrid rice seeds and fertilizers benefitting a total of 14,198 rice farmers, as well as Open Pollinated Variety (OPV) white corn seeds to 200 corn farmers in the province.
A cash aid of P5,000 each was distributed to 18,831 rice farmers in the province, tilling land of less than two hectares under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers’ Financial Assistance program of the Department.
DA also turned over tractors, harvesters, hauling trucks, plastic crates, and other farming equipment and supplies to select FCAs in the province.
Regional winners of the Young Farmers Challenge 2023 were also awarded financial grants of P150K for the Start-Up category and P300K for the Upscale category.
Moreover, services such as the distribution of vegetable seeds through the agency’s High-Value Crops Development Program, as well as the Kadiwa ng Pangulo spearheaded by the DA-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division, were also offered to walk-in consumers during the two-day fair.
DA-10 Executive Assistant Joel S. Rudinas and Bukidnon Provincial Operations Center Chief Janet D. Lopez also graced the event. (GDA/DA 10/PIA 10/Bukidnon)
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