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LOWER-PRICED AGRI PRODUCTS. One of the mobile Kadiwa outlets in Bicol region. There are 30 Kadiwa retail outlets and Kadiwa on wheels operating in the five provinces of the region, offering lower-priced products including rice, sugar, cooking oil, pork, chicken, fish, canned goods, fruits, vegetables and root crops. (Photo courtesy of DA-Bicol) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Agriculture's Kadiwa stores have served more than half a million Bicolanos and generated PHP156 million in income for farmers and cooperatives in the five provinces of the region. Lovella Guarin, DA-Bicol information officer, on Tuesday said Kadiwa is the brainchild of the DA, established to provide urban residents with fresh food items at lower prices. It also allows food producers to be "agri-preneurs" and directly sell their fresh harvests to consumers. "For 2022, a total of 2,732 metric tons (MT) of agricultural commodities worth PHP156 million were traded in Bicol through the Kadiwa progra