The Department of Agriculture-High Value Crops Development Program (DA-HVCDP), led by Director Joseph Manicad, distributed 100 pieces of high-quality, disease-free ginger seedlings to local farmers in Porac, Pampanga, specifically to Sweet Crystals Integrated Sugar Mill Corporation and Manibaug Farm, on October 22, 2024.

Manicad emphasized the importance of boosting local agricultural productivity, particularly in ginger production, and added that DA is committed to capacitate and help local farmers produce more. (photos by Alarico Nuestro, DA-AFID)