Agri-10 provides hauling assistance to IP farmers in Gingoog City

 

Eyed toward the provision of an improved logistical support to farmers, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10), headed by Regional Executive Director Jose Apollo Y. Pacamalan, provides hauling assistance to the farmers of Bal-ason in Gingoog City.

These farmers, who are members of the Higaonon Tribe, from the Kalanawan Ancestral Domain (AD), sought transport assistance from the agency to ease the transport of their bamboo poles directly to their buyer in Cagayan de Oro City.

Ericson G. Anlagan, Cashier and Marketing in charge of the AD Development Management Office (ADDMO) for the Kalawanan, said that the assistance is a great help for the organization in covering the hauling expenses, with an estimated 115-kilometer distance from the beneficiaries’ area to their client.

“We are truly grateful to the DA-10 for their continued support to our organization. For this month [January], we are targeting to deliver 600 bamboo poles directly to our buyer and without this assistance, we would need to spend more than PhP7k per trip for hauling alone.”

DA-10 is committed to help their organization in terms of transporting their products until their last day of hauling on January 28, this year.# (CRS)