NDA holds ‘2nd Gawad Dairy Awards’
The Department of Agriculture-National Dairy Authority (DANDA) did not let the current health adversity hamper them from acknowledging the outstanding dairy farmers and entrepreneurs in the Philippine dairy industry this year.
existing and prospective dairy players, the 2nd Gawad Dairy Awards was graced by none other than its Administrator Marilyn Mabale together with DA Secretary William Dar and Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food Chair Senator Cynthia Villar.
and immunity in order to fight COVID-19. The role of dairy farmers is then particularly important since they provide immunity-boosting fresh milk to every Filipino family’s table,” she said.
Mabale continued by saying that “With all these challenges The second Gawad nowadays, there is no Dairy Awards was During her speech, better way to handle this conducted on May 27, Administrator Mabale than to work together 2021 via Webex and it said that the dairy as one. Congratulations was the first-ever virtual industry is currently to all the Gawad Dairy awarding ceremony that facing challenges Awardees and may this was spearheaded by brought about by the serve as an inspiration the government’s dairy pandemic. However, she and extension of your industry arm. believed in the promise excellence to others.” of a better and brighter Aiming to uphold dairy future. “We need to Secretary Dar also farming and to inspire strengthen our health delivered his words Caraga INFOCUS
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