Regional News infrastructure support services including they may achieve maximum profit from the rehabilitation of existing and the their production. construction of new rural roads. Morales said that DA is in In 2019, the dispense of intervention partnership with the Department of in the region through FMRDP amounted Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to a total of P378 million equivalent to being the government agency 23.12 km of ongoing and completed designated as the engineering and FMRs which covers an approximate construction arm responsible for the of 11,500 hectares of influence area planning, design, and construction of planted with various crops. It also infrastructure facilities. records a total beneficiary of 5,385 farmers and fishers and generated jobs The project is in line with the to 276 individuals. new thinking approach for agriculture introduced by Agriculture Secretary This project will also allow the food William Dar to level-up productivity and producers to easily bring their produce income in the agriculture sector. (DA13to the market or in trading areas where RAFIS/PIA Caraga)
Caraga farmers receive cash assistance from DA By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY – More than 19,000 farmers in Caraga region have received the financial assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA), with a total amount of P96.4-million. May 2-8, 2020 |
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