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600 Bulacan farmers and fisherfolk receive aid

OVER 600 farmers and fisherfolk in Bulacan received P35.9 million worth of aid from the Department of Agriculture (DA), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and Bulacan provincial government.

The aid was given to the farmers and fisherfolk in the form of livelihood assistance, farm and fishery machineries, and facilities on Tuesday, July 12.

FOR THE FARMERS A 4-wheel tractor and a combine harvester are among the heavy machinery distributed to farmers by the Department of Agriculture through the provincial government of Bulacan led by Gov. Daniel Fernando (right) and Vice Gov. Alex Castro on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Joining them are Provincial Board Members Mina Fermin and Teta Mendoza, and farmer beneficiaries from Mambog-Taal-Look Irrigators Association Inc. headed by its president Ramiro de la Cruz and Domingo Sulit of Penabatan Farmers Association-Farm Field School. PHOTO BY FREDERICK SILVERIO