DA-10 signs MOA with PLGU Bukidnon for the hauling truck project that would aid improve farmers’ productivity.

 

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Agriculture-RFO 10 and the Provincial Local Government Unit of Bukidnon signed a Memorandum of Agreement on Monday, February 19 for the one unit P3.2 million hauling truck.

DA-10 Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado and Bukidnon Governor Rogelio Neil P. Roque signed the agreement to increase the farm productivity of marginal farmers.

Director Collado said that the hauling truck will enable the PLGU to reach out to more farmers’ cooperatives and associations for an efficient transport system from farm to market.

“Such a strategy reduces postharvest losses and transport costs and facilitates faster delivery of products,” he added.

Funded by the department’s Corn Program, the provision of hauling truck is part of the government’s commitment to improving the farmers’ income.

The signing was witnessed by Bukidnon Acting Provincial Agriculturist Jacqueline Julia A. Lagamon.#(ATC)