BACARRA, Ilocos Norte — The Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) turned over P110.3 million worth of assistance to farmer's associations and cooperatives in Ilocos Norte on October 10.
Through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Mechanization Program, PHilMech awarded to the Bacarra Zanjera Irrigators Multi-Purpose Cooperative Compound based in Barangay Buyon here a multimillion-peso rice processing system (RPS) and 68 units of various agricultural equipment.
