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The local government unit (LGU) of Muñoz in Nueva Ecija will be the recipient of a P61.4-million RPS to be used by rice farmers in the province. The said system will have two units of 12-ton recirculating dryers and a 2-3 ton/hour multi-pass rice mill.
TWO farmers' cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in Ilocos Norte signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) for the establishment of rice processing system (RPS) facilities under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program.
A FORMAL assessment of machineries and facilities is needed to address the low fund utilization of the farm mechanization budget of the government.
Since the Rice Tariffication Law was enacted in March 2019, local rice prices have gone up.
THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) gave the provincial local government of Davao de Oro (DdO) some P7.89 million worth of production and postharvest machines.Dr. Ofero Capariño, who represented PhilMech director Dr. Dionisio Alvindia during the turnover ceremony on July 27, 2023 at the DdO Farm, Pasian, Monkayo, said the machines were given under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program.