THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has launched a P3-billion funding program to support farmers tilling 1.2 million hectares of rice fields nationwide.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. on Friday said the Agri-Puhunan at Pantawid (APP) program aims to increase rice productivity and income, provide low-interest loans, subsistence allowance and market access to farmer-members of agricultural cooperatives.

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