KADIWA: Bringing food closer, making farmers’ lives better
Amid the pandemic and community-wide lockdowns, hundreds of agri-fishery food suppliers served as frontliners who ensured that food is made available and accessible to the community. Through this, thousands of consumers have availed essential food and products right at the premises of their homes. All these were made possible through the Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
a multilayer marketing structure by building Kadiwa storefronts in cities around the nation, allowing farmers to sell their goods at a higher profit margin. The program was even heightened during the start of the lockdown where logistics of goods were hampered. Supporting Local
For DA Caraga Regional Executive Director Abel James I. Monteagudo, buying local products and supporting the local The Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita farmers and fisherfolk initiative, which began is the first step of the in 2019, allows farmers to Caraganon to upsurge directly access consumers the agriculture sector in without going through the region. Caraga INFOCUS
“In this time of the pandemic, the maximum effort that we can contribute to our affected farmers and fishers is to support what they offer. Because through this, we can deliver what is mandated to us, to produce food for the country, and to uplift the lives of our farmers...our heroes in these times,” he said. DA-Caraga Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) Chief Lyn Pareñas said that the concept of the Kadiwa is to make sure food is available in highly populated or urbanized areas, September 4-10, 2021 |
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