Farmers in Bohol received P388 million worth of interventions, including agri-fishery projects, farm inputs and equipment as well as indemnity checks, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.
The DA said it turned over the interventions to farmers as well as P25 million worth of support for livestock development and P44 million for soil management initiative and small water impounding project last June 4.
Other interventions provided to the beneficiaries were P5.6 million worth of fishery enhancement projects and a P17-million coconut livelihood program.
“The Philippine Rural Development Project awarded a total of P2.9 million to upgrade the province’s dairy production, while a total of P40.2 million indemnity checks were distributed under the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp.,” it said.
“The DA Regional Field Office in Central Visayas also awarded livelihood projects, as well as extension and support services courtesy of its banner programs amounting to P45 million.”
The DA said farmers’ cooperatives and associations from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd district of Bohol received P209 million worth of farm machines from the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF).
“RCEF’s mechanization program aims to provide access to appropriate production and postproduction mechanization technologies to ultimately increase production and income of Filipino rice growers,” Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said in a statement.
Bohol also became the second province to pilot the implementation of the DA’s Province-led Agriculture and Fisheries Extension Systems, according to the DA.
Dar assured Bohol’s local government officials that the DA will continue to “provide support and assistance to uplift the local agri-fishery sector, and improve gains and income of the farmers and fishers.”
Before Bohol, the DA distributed P30.52 million worth of interventions to various farmers’ associations and local government units in the province of Cebu last June 3.
“The DA through its regional field office in Central Visayas awarded projects under its High Value Crops Development Program and Corn Program totaling more than P28 million. These include a monolithic dome storage and packing facility project turned over to the Malaguete LGU, which amounts to P20 million,” it said.
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