FARMERS and fishermen can now avail themselves of loans from the revived P1.28-billion Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) to boost production, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.

According to Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol, Land Bank of the Philippines will manage the state-run funding program—which grants loans to competitiveness-enhancing projects, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs)—under the supervision of an executive committee led by his department.