Farmers in DdO benefits DA’s P35-M fertilizer voucher

A total of 6,928 farmers covering 8,777 hectares of rice fields in Davao de Oro benefitted the P35 million fertilizer discount vouchers (FVD) from the Department of Agriculture (DA) as part of the government’s continuing efforts to help boost the agriculture sector in the province.

Qualified beneficiaries for the program are rice farmers registered in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) who planted palay in the 2023 Wet Season and those who received inbred and hybrid seeds from the DA and purchased their owned seeds.

Based on the given data, the agency in collaboration with the Provincial Agriculturist’s Office (PAGRO) started the distribution of assistance on August 17 to 30, 2023, to the rice farmers from the municipality of Nabunturan, Montevista, New Bataan, Mawab, Laak, Maco, and Compostela.

The discount vouchers are for one-time use only and are claimed by any accredited fertilizer merchant in the preferred area of the farmer-beneficiaries.

According to DA, aside from ensuring the timely availability of the needed fertilizer for rice production in the targeted areas, the program also aims to help farmers afford the cost of fertilizers in improving their yield and income.

To ensure the quality of the outputs, the department has also determined the type of fertilizer for which the voucher will be used.

In his message, Jerry Aventurado, one of the beneficiaries from Barangay Basak, Nabunturan, stated that the voucher is a great help to their livelihood to buy a sufficient volume of urea fertilizer recommended for their rice area.

“𝐼𝑠𝑖𝑝 𝑚𝑎𝑔-𝑢𝑢𝑚𝑎, 𝑑𝑎𝑘𝑜 𝑘𝑎𝑎𝑦𝑢 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝑛𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑏𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑏𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑑 𝑘𝑎𝑎𝑦𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑎ℎ𝑜𝑛 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑙 𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑔𝑎 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑜, 𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑦 𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑖 𝑠𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑎 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑚𝑎,” he added.

Moreover, another set of distribution schedules is set for the remaining municipalities (Maragusan, Pantukan, and Monkayo) starting in September. (𝑅. 𝐻𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑛𝑜)