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troop to the big cities to find jobs and income opportunities will “definitely “Today, with the announced resolve so many social and poverty support of President Rody Duterte to the issues.” program, MinDA staff will start working on a rural reintegration and income “On the other hand, informal urban generation program to support the “Balik dwellers who will agree to go back to Probinsya” Program,” he said. their home provinces will definitely result in sufficient manpower requirements to Piñol said that depopulating the undertake food production and rural urban centers of informal settlers who development activities,” he said. (PNA)
Davao farmers earn P4.8-M in ‘Kadiwa on Wheels’ By Che Palicte
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) mobile market initiative has generated some PHP4.8 million since it started here early this month.
KADIWA ON WHEELS. Residents in Brgy. Dumoy, Davao City observe social distancing as they buy agricultural and marine products at a ‘Kadiwa on Wheels’ mobile market. The initiative is managed by the Department of Agriculture and has since generated some PHP4.8 million since it started on April 3 in Davao City. (Photo courtesy of DA-RAFIS 11)
DA-11 market specialist Juvy Pregon said the agency’s “Kadiwa on Wheels” has been beneficial to those who are employed in “no work, no pay” setup as well as families whose sources of income
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have been disrupted by the enhanced community quarantine. “Some stores are forced to send their workers home because of the mobility
