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Itbayat farmers get big lift as DA brings garlic produce to NCR
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DA will continuously assist garlic farmers through its different agribiz programs. (File Photo: Farah Alabbouchi/Unsplash)
MANILA – With the assistance of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its Kadiwa truck, the Itbayat Garlic Producers Association from Batanes delivered 600 kilograms of garlic to the DA Kadiwa Center in Quezon City last Sept. 14.
The DA-Regional Field Office (RFO) in Cagayan Valley assisted the Itbayat farmers in transporting their products from the Sual Port in Pangasinan to Metro Manila.
On the following day, the institutional buyers picked up the PHP78,000 worth of garlic they ordered through the DA-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS).
The DA-AMAS also assisted different farmers’ cooperatives and associations for the delivery of 691.95 kilograms of garlic amounting to PHP72,786 from February to July 2022.
The Itbayat Garlic Producers Association of Itbayat, Batanes is a recipient of Enhanced Kadiwa Financial Grant (trading/working capital) amounting to PHP500,000 in the last quarter of 2021.
For interested producers’ group, buyers, and partners, DA-AMAS offers market information, market linkage and product promotion, agribusiness promotion and agribusiness development services.
DA will continuously assist garlic farmers through its different agribiz programs.
The DA-AMAS can be reached through telephone numbers (632) 8920.2216, 8920.4072-73, 8920.4077, and 8926.8203 or email at amas@da.gov.ph.
More information can also be found through these linkvs: http://agribusiness.da.gov.ph/ and https://www.ekadiwa.da.gov.ph/
Johna Salvacion
September 18, 2022 at 9:17 PM
dapat bigyan ng pansin ng gobyerno ang lahat ng magsasaka kasi lahat tayo nakikinabang nyan,mahalin ang sariling atin😍
Lorelyn Lambino
September 18, 2022 at 9:35 PM
The program of the Department of Agriculture helps the farmers to have a higher income in the industry, and their products will be transported to Manila, and later on in other places. This will helps them sustain their income and grows more.. DA did a great jop in continuously assisting the garlic farmers in different agri business .
Greyz Mangandi-Miron
September 19, 2022 at 10:12 AM
Sana tuloy tuloy na to, this will benefit our farmers. Sana hindi lang sa batanes pati din sa ibang lugar na may mga malawak n lupain at malaking produksyon ng mga goods from the farm. Daming balita na nabubulukan n lng sila ng mga gulay n pananim nila. Kung wala ang mga farmers n to pano n ang mga needs ntn na asa city at walang pagkkunan ng mga ganitong pgkain. Sana matutukan din ng DA ang ibang mga lugar pa..