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Pangilinan, Hontiveros: Are all coco farmers already registered to benefit from P100B levy fund?
WITH two weeks left for coconut farmers to register, Senators Francis Kiko Pangilinan and Risa Hontiveros want to know the status of the Coconut Farmers Registry that will determine who will benefit from the 100-billion-peso coco levy funds and assets.
In Senate Resolution 736, Pangilinan and Hontiveros call for a Senate committee hearing on the status of the registration of the estimated 3.5 million coconut farmers in the country who are supposed to benefit from Republic Act 11524 or the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act, which took effect March 13 this year.
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Katarungan farmers (File photo) DHON DAGANASOL, 49, admitted that “being a farmer is difficult and even more difficult today.”
“Because of climate change, the weather is getting more unpredictable,” said Daganasol as he recalled how the 2013 Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) and other succeeding typhoons leveled his farm in Carigara, Leyte.
“As 2020 is about to end, it is sad to know that the pandemic is still with us, he added, citing how the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) greatly affects the small farmers because of lockdowns.
While the government said it is doing its share to uplift the lives of the farmers, Daganasol said they have not received enough.