CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Over PHP65 million cash aid has been distributed to rice farmers in Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte beginning Monday, April 20, as part of the government's initiative to ease the impact of the quarantine measures on the agriculture sector.
In a statement Tuesday, the Department of Agriculture in Region 10 (DA-10) said the initiative under the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program (RCEP) aims to help 13,036 farmers in the two provinces.
At PHP5,000 per household, the financial aid is granted to small-scale rice farmers tilling rice field two hectares and below.
"The rice farmers entitled of this grant are duly validated and are registered to DA's Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture (RSBSA)," said DA-10 OIC-Executive Director Carlene C. Collado.
DA-10 Technical Director Carlota S. Madriaga said: "This assistance is given to eligible rice farmers affected by the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL) due to low buying price of palay."
Madriaga said the aid also intends to support the farmers in procuring farm inputs and foods during these trying times.
Collado and Madriaga hoped that the aid will encourage more productivity to stabilize the market amid the quarantine measures to contain the 2019 coronavirus disease. (PNA)
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