Farmers' coop in DavNor receives projects worth P5M from DA

DAVAO DEL NORTE, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- The Sitio San Isidro Farmers Marketing Cooperative (SSIFAMCO) of the Municipality of San Isidro in Davao Del Norte received P5M worth of farming machinery and building from the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Center for Postharvest Development & Mechanization (DA-PhilMech).

In partnership with the Regional Field Office of the Department of Agriculture (DA-RFO) XI, the Municipal Government of San Isidro held the blessing ceremony and inauguration of the farming equipment and the new building on October 27, 2021, in Purok 7, Kipalili, San Isidro, Davao del Norte.

As part of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (Mechanization Program) of the DA-PhilMech, the SSIFAMCO received one (1) unit of four-wheeled tractor, (2) units of hand tractor, one (1) unit of riding-type transplanter, and (1) unit of rice combine harvester.

The cooperative also received funding for its new building, which will serve as its meeting hall and parking area for its new farming equipment.

The establishment of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), or the Rice Fund, aims to improve the income and competitiveness of the rice farmers amid the reforms in the Philippine rice trade policies. One of the reforms was the removal of quantitative restrictions on rice imports, replaced with tariffs.

Present in the ceremony was Municipal Mayor Arnel H. Sitoy and her wife, Municipal Councilor Nancy R. Sitoy. (PIA XI Davao del Norte/jmda/Ezri M. Coda, Jr. with reports from MIO San Isidro)

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