MACHINERY DISTRIBUTION. The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization turns over some 238 units of farm machinery worth PHP315 million to Pangasinan farmers cooperatives and associations on Dec. 13, 2021. The project is part of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund mechanization program. (Photo courtesy of Province of Pangasinan's Facebook page) STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan - The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) has distributed machinery worth PHP315 million under the mechanization program of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) that will benefit 142 qualified farmers cooperatives and association (FCAs) in the province. In a statement Tuesday, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said some 238 units of machinery included four-wheel drive tractors, rice combine harvesters, hand tractors, power take-off driven disc plows/harrows, riding-type transplanters, walk-behind transplanters, among others. The beneficiar