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May 14, 2021 PLDT Inc. wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. is training members of Lamac Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LMPC), one of the biggest cooperatives in the country, to create and design their own strategies in rolling out ICT-based programs for their farmer-members.
Smart s newest program, Smart Coops, is an ICT-based capacity development program equipping farmer members with basic knowledge on digital tools which would help them improve their skills, expand their knowledge on online transactions, and cope with the digitalization efforts of their cooperative.
Recently named the newest tech partner of LMPC, Smart is aiding the livelihood of farmers through digital tools and solutions especially during a time of pandemic. “This is just the beginning of our partnership with Smart. We promise to keep the passion of our trainers alive to realize the vision of this program because many people really need our help, says Ellen Limocon, General Manager of LMPC. It
Published January 20, 2021, 5:00 PM
A cooperative in Pinamungajan town, southern Cebu has partnered with a leading pork producer company to help its livelihood program become more sustainable.
Composed of more than 100,000 members with 29 satellite offices in Cebu, the Lamac Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LMPC) inked a partnership with Virginia Farms Inc., which will offer a buy-back scheme that will benefit the members of the cooperative who are into hog farming.
Through the partnership, Virginia Farms will supply LMPC members with feeds through their Virginia Feeds brand and will also buy the farmers’ hogs upon harvest at a guaranteed price.
The LMPC has received P20 million from the livelihood assistance program of the Department of Agriculture. The LMPC can lend the funds to their members who are already into agriculture-related livelihood or to those who plan to start one.