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HELP FOR FARMERS. Rice farmers from the towns of San Narciso and San Marcelino in Zambales have started claiming financial assistance from the government this January. Each beneficiary is given PHP5,000 in cash as compensation for the income loss due to a drop in the selling price of palay and increasing costs of fertilizer and other farm inputs. (PNA file photo) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture (DA) continues to distribute cash assistance to eligible rice farmers under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund - Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA). DA Regional Executive Director Crispulo Bautista said on Tuesday that some 2,504 rice farmers from the towns of San Narciso and San Marcelino in Zambales, have started claiming financial assistance this month as compensation for their income loss due to a drop in the selling price of palay and increasing cost of fertilizer and other farm inputs. Under the special provisions of the RCEF, the RFFA progr
CASH GRANT. The Department of Agriculture-Central Luzon, in partnership with the provincial government of Pampanga, extends cash assistance to farmers in the province. A total of 25,339 farmers will receive PHP5,000 each under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assistance program. (Photo courtesy of DA-Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture-Central Luzon (DA-3) is continuously providing cash assistance to farmers in this province under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund- Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA). DA Regional Executive Director Crispulo Bautista Jr. said on Tuesday some PHP130.49 million cash assistance will be extended to some 25,339 farmers. He said initially, around 1,300 farmers received their cash assistance worth PHP5,000 each last July 22. "The second batch of distribution is now ongoing and the third batch will be on July 28," Bautista said in an interview. Under the special pro
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture-Central Luzon (DA-3) has provided some PHP10 million in financial grants to qualified farmer and fisherfolk cooperatives and associations (FCAs) as well as local government units (LGUs). The grants were given under the DA's Enhanced "Kadiwa Financial Grant Assistance" program which aims to capacitate the FCAs and the LGUs to become reliable and efficient food commodity suppliers. The recipients are the local government of Casiguran in Aurora which got PHP5 million; Pantabangan LGU in Nueva Ecija, PHP2.5 million; Kapampangan Development Foundation Inc. and Pansinao Parents Agricultural Association, PHP1 million each; and the Samahang Ugnayan ng mga Kababaihang Mag-iisda ng Paltic in Dingalan, Aurora, PHP500,000. In an interview on Wednesday, DA-3 Regional Executive Director Crispulo Bautista Jr. said their agency provides financial assistance to eligible organizations and LGUs to enhance their capacities in val