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
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Over P24.09 billion worth of loans has been disbursed to 408,834 small farmers and fisherfolk from 2019 to 2022 and more are expected to benefit from the passage of the Republic Act (RA) 11901 or The Agriculture, Fisheries, and Rural Development Financing Enhancement Act of 2022, the Department of A