Some 1.1 million small-scale farmers and fisher folk have received some P2.86 billion in rice subsidies since May 2011, the Department of Social Welfare and Development has said.
The DSWD said the program, which ends this month, is a short-term effort to help farmers and fisher folk cope with rising prices of commodities and fuel, especially during the lean months.
Beneficiaries received training and then rendered community service under the Cash-for-Work scheme involving tree-planting, reforestation, coastal cleaning, dredging of waterways and canals, repair of damaged community facilities due to disasters.
“The beneficiaries were paid cash upon completion of the activities based on the prevailing regional wage rate in their respective areas,” the DSWD said.
OIC Secretary Alicia Bala said half of the cash assistance given to the beneficiaries shall be used to buy food or rice in the market to boost the economy in the area.
According to the DSWD, the program has a budget of P4.2 billion for some 1.57 million small-scale farmers and fisher folks.
It identified the beneficiaries through its National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) project based on their 2010 data of poor farmers and fisher folks in every city and town.
Under the program, the beneficiaries would receive cash assistance in exchange for undergoing a four-day training and rendering community service.
The four-day training focused on:
agricultural and food production
family and community disaster preparedness
gender development orientation
planting methods for palay and corn
banca-making
The Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the local government units assisted in conducting the trainings. — LBG, GMA News
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5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
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Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
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