Nearly 3,000 young Filipinos have availed of the assistance and support for their agribusiness proposals under the agriculture department’s Youth Farmers’ Challenge (YFC), the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Monday, Feb. 27.
Based on the data of the DA, a total of 2,995 young Filipinos ava
MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Friday assured investments in the next agri-fishery generation as it supports the agribusiness ventures of young Filipinos. In a statement, the DA said it assisted almost 3,000 youths, fortifying its actions to achieve the administration's food security agenda. "At least 2,955 young Filipinos have availed of the assistance and support for their agribusiness proposals under the Department of Agriculture's (DA) Youth Farmers' Challenge (YFC) in line with the Marcos administration's food security agenda," it said. The DA, under the leadership of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the concurrent agriculture chief, said the YFC entails support through incentives for food production-related enterprises. "Under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the government is banking on the innovativeness and out-of-the-box ideas of the young Filipinos to ensure food sustainability as well as the creation o
Three groups of farmers and agripreneurs from the National Capital Region (NCR) have received a stat-up capital for their agribusiness venture proposals as part of their reward for winning the Young Farmers Challenge Regional Level Award. The winners were picked among the 40 young Filipinos who sub