BAUKO, Mountain Province (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture recently disbursed P5.2 million in financial assistance to more than a thousand farmer beneficiaries in Mountain Province under the Rice Farmers’ Financial Assistance (RFFA) program.
A total of 1,042 farmers from the municipalities of Sadanga, Barlig, Bauko, Besao, Bontoc, Sabangan, and Sagada, received P5,000 each during the RFFA payout held at the Bauko Covered Gym on September 19, 2024.
The RFFA program provides P5,000 financial assistance to rice farmers tilling less than two hectares to compensate for the loss of income rice farmers due to the drop in prices of palay, and support them with rising costs of production.
Bauko Mayor Randolf T. Awisan urged the beneficiaries to utilize the assistance provided to them for the needed agricultural inputs to improve their productivity.
Judy Lingbanan, a beneficiary from Barlig, said she will use the cash assistance for the needs in her rice fields. She expressed her gratitude to the government particularly the DA for giving such assistance.
“This financial assistance will be used to buy what we will use for our rice paddy. Thank you so much for this financial assistance, dakel daytoy nga tulong para kendagitoy nga farmers ta adda usaren da,” she said.
Farmer-beneficiaries from municipalities of Paracelis, Natonin and Tadian received their cash grant in separate pay-out in their respective areas. (JDP/VJLT with Christy Gaye Sumilong & Aprayle Rhyle Kalang-ad, PIA-GIPs)
