The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said it expects improved productivity in tobacco-producing areas in the country given the release of a P3.45 billion budgetary support for livelihood and cooperative projects for farmers.
In a statement over the weekend, the Budget agency said the fund released to tobacco-producing local government units (LGUs) came from the 2012 tobacco excise tax collection, charged against the 2014 General Appropriations Act.
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