ILOILO CITY: Two farmers’ groups in the province of Iloilo are assured of market with fair value of their palay (unhusked rice) produce with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) facilitated by the Department of Agriculture (DA) with local millers and traders in ensuring long-term marketing agreement with the farmers.
The MOA signing was held last September 29 after Iloilo was identified as a site in the country for implementation of Better Rice Initiatives Asia-Fostering Agriculture and Rice Marketing by Improved Education and Rural Advisory Services project supported by the Agriculture department, Agricultural Training Institute, Philippine Rice Research Institute and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit.|
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