THE amount of sub-projects approved under the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) flagship rural development program has increased significantly in the last eight months as more local governments participated in its implementation.

In a report on Monday, the DA said that sub-projects approved for implementation and are currently ongoing implementation under the Infrastructure Development (I-BUILD) component of the Philippine Rural Development Project totaled P3.02 billion, up sharply from just P230 million at the end of December 2014.

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