Tawi-Tawi receives livelihood support from DA
Cassava
farmers receive the cassava grater and presser from DA-SELAP
in the
presence of the municipal mayor and barangays officials.
The Department of Agriculture through
its Support to Emergency Livelihood Assistance Project (DA-SELAP-II) has
turned over three projects to the Municipality of Panglima Sugala in
Tawi-Tawi recently.
Panglima Sugala Mayor Rejie
Sahali-Generale received Farm-to-Market Road (FMR), Trading Post and
eight units cassava grater with presser for a total of P7.2 million.
The 1KM concrete FMR is located in
Barangay Thumbhill connecting to Sitio Siola that covers 250 hectares of
agricultural commodities like banana, cassava, coconut and rice. The
trading post is established in the Poblacion of Barangay Batu-Batu where
it serves as the center for market in the entire municipality. The
eight units Cassava grater and presser are distributed to different
farmer associations (FA). They are Interior Magsaggao FA and Upper
Magsaggao FA in Barangay Magsaggao; Kabbun Jati FA in Barangay
Sumangday; Thumbhill FA in Barangay Thumbhill; Batu-Batu FA in Barangay
Batu-Batu; Kulape Kasanyangan FA, Kulape Karayawan FA and Kasambuhan FA
in Barangay Kulape. Farmer leaders represented the association in
accepting the project in the presence of the municipal mayor. The local
government of Panglima Sugala has shared a counterpart fund source of
over P700,000 for the implementation of the projects in the area.
Mayor Sahali-Generale expressed
gratitude to the department for the delivery of the projects to the
municipality, saying “the FMR will support the farmers to bring their
agri-products to the market much faster and with less crop damage. This
road would also allow the entry of basic services to the area such as
health support, education, including eco-tourism opportunities. I am
thankful, the people of Panglima Sugala are all grateful for these
projects. We will take care of these projects to last a long time.”
During the turnover ceremony, Engr.
Jerome Jamanulla, SELAP focal person acknowledged the efforts of the
Tawi-Tawi provincial government and the LGU for promoting DA programs
and abiding by the process in accessing to Special Projects of the DA.
Engr Jamanulla said “the DA will continue to provide support through
these kinds of projects in areas that need them the most. We hope to see
the development in your area in the coming months and years; like in
the previous years, Panglima Sugala was also a recipient of another FMR
and a municipal fish landing dock.” He also retorted that Tawi-Tawi
province as a whole is a peaceful place contrary to some negative
statements generally referring to ARMM provinces.
Also present in the turnover program
were DAF-ARMM Provincial Director Dr. Sahajim Hassan, PDO Al-Basir
Mohammad, the Municipal Engineer and DA-SELAP support staff Marissa
Mohammad.
The SELAP is a special project of the
Department of Agriculture funded under the United States Public Law 480
(US-PL480). The program provided government to government sales of
agricultural commodities under the long-term credit arrangements. The
proceeds generated from the sale of commodities are appropriated to
provide funds for various livelihood projects to support the over-all
Philippine agricultural development. SELAP is considered specifically
for regions IX, XI, XII, XIII, and ARMM.
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