ABFMPC expressed gratitude to DAR- and technical support to officers and Agusan del Norte for the release of the members of ABFMPC in the field of equipment to their cooperative. management and technology transfer. “This will help our members, He noted that despite the threats especially those in palay production,” posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 Maguhin said. (Covid-19), the provincial agrarian reform office did not cease to stop Established on April 17, 1992, the providing support to the ARBs and ABFMPC has a total of 105 members, ARBOs in Agusan del Norte. with 70 percent engaged in palay farming and 30 percent in upland “During the lockdowns, we joined farming. the other DAR-assisted cooperatives in ensuring food supplies in the markets The ABFMPC is based in Barangay and to the local government units Sanghan, Cabadbaran City, Agusan (LGUs),” Baguhin said. del Norte and is currently serving other barangays in the area through In April, he said the ABFMPC its programs, including the palay earned about PHP1.4 million through production loan, palay trading, rice mill, the delivery of 700 sacks of well-milled and the provision of farm production rice to the LGU of Cabadbaran City. equipment and post-harvest facilities. Baguhin said during the lockdown, Aside from the provision of farm the ABFMPC also provided food support equipment, Baguhin said DAR-Agusan to its members and other families in the del Norte also provided education area. (PNA)
Coop gives food aid to ‘Pakyawan’ workers, janitors at Surigao port
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte - Continuing the ‘Bayanihan sa Pantalan’ spirit, dockworkers hired on ‘pakyawan’ basis and janitors serving the port of Surigao and the Lipata Ferry Terminal get food packs from the Philippine Ports Authority Surigao Employees Service Cooperative (PPA SESC).
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