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Dairy project seen helping curb malnutrition

BONGABON, Nueva Ecija: A dairy project aimed at helping address malnutrition here is seen benefiting grade school children, among others, who are the target recipients of the school-based feeding program (SBFP)-milk feeding program.

During the turnover of the project over the weekend, the Bongabon Dairy Cooperative (BDC) received P500,000 in funds from the local government unit for operating expenses.to implement the farm-focused enterprise development project of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

HEALTHIER KIDS (From left) Secretary Bernie Cruz of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Bongabon Mayor Allan Xystus Gamilla, Bongabon Dairy Cooperative chairman Mario Cruz, Eden Ponio, provincial DAR chief, Undersecretary Lucius Malsi, Assistant Secretary Maria Celestina Tam, Central Luzon Regional Director James Arsenio Ponce, and Dr. Ronnie Domingo, Philippine Carabao Center executive director, lead the turnover of a dairy milk processing facility at Barangay Pesa, Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, over the weekend. PHOTO BY CELSO M. CAJUCOM