Agri-10 sets aside over P9.2-million for the implementation of an intercropping program for coconut farmers regionwide thru CFIDP. 

 

MALAYBALAY CITY, BUKIDNON – The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office headed by its Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado together with the High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) handed over certificates of turnover worth over P9.2 million of agricultural interventions to the beneficiaries of the Coconut Farmers Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) here.

Said interventions are composed of cacao and coffee seedlings, including organic and inorganic fertilizers intended for some 82 identified beneficiaries across the region, such as farmers’ cooperatives and the local government units (LGUs).

RED Collado said that the agri assistance promotes the sustainable growth of the coconut sector by also implementing an intercropping program through the rehabilitation and rejuvenation of existing coffee and cacao trees already intercropped under coconuts, expansion of coconut-coffee and coconut-cacao intercropping, and establishment of cacao and coffee nurseries.

For facilitation, Director Collado handed over the certificates to the Philippine Coconut Authority – X through its Regional Manager Manuel G. Octobre for distribution to the identified recipients throughout Northern Mindanao.

On the same occasion, LGU Manolo Fortich represented by Emerson John B. Tagas, agricultural technician, received 27 bags of organic fertilizer amounting to almost P13K.

Following the signing of Republic Act 11524, otherwise known as the Coconut Farmers and Industry Fund Act, CFIDP was approved through Executive Order 172, which was signed on June 2, 2022, which aims to increase the income and productivity of coconut farmers toward poverty alleviation and achieving social equality.# (MPMT)