 |
 |
Led by the Department of Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar, the CARCANMADCARLAN Agri-Based Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CAMPCO) formally receives the Bangus Production and Marketing Enterprise subproject in Prosperidad, Agusan del funded by the DA-Philippine Rural Development Project.
The two circular or Norwegian-type fish cages with a 10x10x5m size located in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur will house a total of 270,000 ‘garungan’ or fingerlings. CAMPCO as the lead PG will also supervise the enterprise and act as the consolidator of all fresh bangus produced by the four other cluster PG members.
“We are happy to be here in Prosperidad to personally witness and hand over this assistance and projects from the DA. We also want to emphasize that this is just the beginning of government assistance as we will be pouring more projects for our farmers and fisherfolks. William D. Dar, DA Secretary expressed.
Dar added that through PRDP more LGU will be provided of projects supporting the local commodities of the area.
As fishing is the primary source of livelihood in Cantilan having 595 fisher members of the Proponent Group, the P11,324,150 worth project will help alleviate and improve the standard of living of the fisherfolk-beneficiaries and their households.
Furthermore, PRDP envisions to increase the number of bangus producers with improved access to DA services by at least 5% annually and women participation in the enterprise by at least 10%. Likewise, raise the household-beneficiaries income by at least 34%, from P252,000 to P335,753.63 in the 1st year and income enterprise beneficiaries by 8.34%, from P82,800 to P89,703.91 in year 1 up to P79,727.54 in year 10.
“With the help of our local government units (LGU), the DA will not give up and together we will uplift our economy, our agriculture, and our country so farmers and fisherfolks will prosper,” Dar said.
Dar together with the Regional Executive Director Ricardo Oñate Jr., Governor Santiago B. Cane Jr, LGU, and DA partner agencies have also turned over other DA projects and cash assistance to the farmers and fisherfolks in Agusan del Sur. (Zenny G. Awing | PRDP InfoACE Caraga)
