AGRARIAN Reform Undersecretary Jerry Pacturan (2nd from right) and (from left) Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno, Agriculture Undersecretary Joel Rudinas and Environment Assistant Secretary Michelle Angelica Go sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) that sets into motio the Mount Balatukan Range Convergence Agro-Enterprise Cluster on the 1st District of Misamis Oriental. The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), the Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) adopted Misamis Oriental as the 9th Convergence Area and allotted close to P1 Billion worth of basic rural infrastructure and livelihood projects for this year alone to preserve Mt. Balatukan as a watershed area, while promoting the economic well-being of the Northeastern part of Misamis Oriental by planting within its perimeter areas cash crops such as vegetables, bananas, corn, cassava and developing agro-forestry, among others.
