Yacon farmers get funding aid
Nereo Fragata, municipal administrator said the local government unit designed the assistance to revive the decreasing farmers of Yacon in this town.
“Yacon has been our OTOP product here and with this scheme, we hope to bring back its abundance to help our upland farmers in earning income,” he told PIA.
Under the loan scheme, farmers can avail of P20,000.00 to P25,000.00 as capital inorder to propagate the local product.
Farmers of Yacon in this town have been discouraged for a couple of years due to their bankruptcy brought by unscrupulous businessmen who failed to pay them.
Since then, Yacon farmers have dwindled in number, others have opted to plant other agricultural products to regain their financial loses. (PIA NVizcaya)
Yacon farmers get funding aid
Dupax Del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya (13 August) — The municipal government here has offered soft loans to farmers of the wonder crop ‘Yacon’ inorder to propagate its supply for huge demand.
Nereo Fragata, municipal administrator said the local government unit designed the assistance to revive the decreasing farmers of Yacon in this town.
“Yacon has been our OTOP product here and with this scheme, we hope to bring back its abundance to help our upland farmers in earning income,” he told PIA.
Under the loan scheme, farmers can avail of P20,000.00 to P25,000.00 as capital inorder to propagate the local product.
Farmers of Yacon in this town have been discouraged for a couple of years due to their bankruptcy brought by unscrupulous businessmen who failed to pay them.
Since then, Yacon farmers have dwindled in number, others have opted to plant other agricultural products to regain their financial loses. (PIA NVizcaya)
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