MARKET LINKAGE. The Department of Agriculture, through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD), assists farmers in Lubao town, Pampanga province to sell their tomato produce directly to the buyers at reasonable prices. The DA initiated the move amid the low prevailing farmgate prices of tomatoes in the area. (Photo courtesy of DA-AMAD Region 3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - The Department of Agriculture in Central Luzon (DA-3) has assisted tomato farmers in Lubao town, this province, in selling their fresh produce to buyers directly from farms at reasonable prices. The DA, through its Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD), has stepped in to find buyers for farmers who have been struggling to sell their tomato produce to consumers. DA Senior Agriculturist Carmencita Nogoy said on Wednesday they visited tomato farms in Lubao upon hearing that the farm gate price of tomatoes in the area is only PHP6 per kilo for the good ones and PHP3 for the class C.