The Cash and Food Subsidy for Marginal Farmers and Fisherfolk (CFSMFF) Program of the Department of Agriculture continues to roll out cash and food aid to the farmers in Municipalities of Kitcharao and Nasipit in Agusan del Norte, recently.
A total of 154 farmers from the corn, coconut, and fishery sectors benefited from the assistance in the municipality of Kitcharao, which happened on January 21. Meanwhile, in the Municipality of Nasipit,156 recipients under the NCIP and BFAR received the assistance, this happened earlier today.
Each of the beneficiaries received P3,000.00 cash voucher and P2,000.00 worth of food subsidy comprising of 25-kilos of rice, 2 (two) trays of eggs, and a dressed chicken. Sto. Nino Multi-Purpose Cooperative and the Ocampo Farms supplied the distribution for this leg.
Assistant Secretary for Agribusiness Kristine Y. Evangelista also graced the distribution of assistance in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte.
On January 26, a distribution is set to happen in the Municipality of Carmen, Agusan del Norte. On January 27, the scheme will commence in the province of Surigao del Norte starting in Surigao City.
Meanwhile, distribution of food subsidy is on-going in the provinces of Surigao del Sur and Agusan del Sur. # # # (DA-RFO XIII, RAFIS)
