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TABUK CITY, Kalinga: The Department of Agriculture (DA), through its Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) program, provided rice seeds to more than 15,000 rice farmers in this city.
Aside from cash aid, smallholder rice farmers in Palawan wish for the government to understand their struggles, and for paved roads that would make it easier to get more competitive prices for their hard work
THE Marcos Jr. administration is hiking its spending for the rehabilitation and construction of farm-to-market roads (FMR) nationwide by 35 percent year-on-year to over P19 billion—the highest on record—according to the state’s budget documents. The General Appropriations Act of 2024 (GAA) showed that the national government allotted P19.596 billion for…
Rice planters are assured of receiving at least P15.5 billion in excess tariff collection next year and pundits said this could be used to increase the state’s cash assistance and fund its crop insurance and diversification programs. The latest Bureau of Customs (BOC) data analyzed by the BusinessMirror showed that…
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