NORTHERN Mindanao agriculture department through the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC), has distributed over P700 thousand worth of free-range chickens to 20 individuals from Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon.
DA-10, in a statement Thursday, said the native chicken production project worth P742,500 is funded under the livestock program of the department starting September, this year.
The program seeks a whole-of-nation approach in addressing insurgencies by prioritizing the delivery of basic services to ensure peace and development.
DA-10 livestock program coordinator, Ma. Lourdes M. Sypiecco said the distribution of chicken heads to individual recipients (with a ratio of 1 male to 10 female) is being implemented through a roll-over scheme.
Sypiecco said the agency would not have been able to reach its target were it not for the support of partner-local government units (LGUs).
Each recipient will return the same number of chicken heads granted, which will then be distributed to another set of beneficiaries.
Local governments through its municipal agricultural offices will facilitate and monitor said scheme.
Being one of the receiving towns of said assistance, Albert M. Gabutan, OIC-municipal agriculturist of Lagonglong, Misamis Oriental, said they will do their part by monitoring the project to ensure its sustainability and have more individuals benefit from it. (Angie Cabig and Recthie Tolinero)
