a contingency plan will be implemented together with the release of a calamity fund for the rehabilitation of the affected sectors of the city. It
will also pave the way for the city government of Butuan to implement programs that will help those affected rebuild their livelihood.
2 POs get multi-million funds by LGU-Agusan del Norte
BUTUAN CITY,-- Two people’s organizations in the province received more than P6 million in livelihood funds from the Department of Agriculture’s Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP)Community Fund for Agricultural Development (CFAD). The funds were turned over through the DA and 20% from to the San Agustin Fisherfolk the provincial government. Organization, Inc. (SAFOI) based SAFOI will venture into Bangus in Carmen town for its project mariculture in Barangay San worth P4 million pesos and San Agustin, an area suited for Vicente Farmers & Fisherfolk fish culture. The project aims Association (SVFFAI) in the to produce premium quality municipality of Jabonga for its P2 bangus (milkfish) and expected million-peso project to address the decline of fish Sixty percent of the funds production in Agusan del Norte. came from the World Bank, 20% Study shows that Caraga region from the national government is not self-sufficient in fresh fish 14
Tuesday, January 15, 2013