TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Farmers in the city are now receiving fertilizer discount vouchers from the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Office for City Agricultural Services (OFCAS), which can be redeemed for fertilizers at the designated merchants.
According to the DA’s records, 4,024 voucher recipients from the 40 mentioned barangays were identified, receiving vouchers worth a total of Php 24,000,677.48.
During the simultaneous distribution in 11 various sites, OFCAS OIC Head Lim Docyugen and DA-CAR Agricultural Center Chief Edwin Joseph Franco monitored the merchants and guided them to strictly follow the proper processes in the distribution to avoid legal and accounting problems in the future.
The fertilizer discount voucher is valid in areas where inbred and hybrid rice seeds are used for planting, in accordance with DA Memorandum Order 65.
The program aspires to create a resilient and food-secure Philippines with empowered and successful farmers and fishermen.
The merchants that were identified are Oplay Tay-og, Ybulo Agrisupply, Agbannawag General Merchandise, Casigayan FS, CNC Marketing, Matagoan, Valencia, Kintoman, JGL and GM, and FM Agromix.
The program will continue tomorrow for those beneficiaries who were not accommodated by some retailers today. By Ian Jefrey Addatu