A total of fifty-nine farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in Nueva Ecija received P107.747-million worth of farm machineries from the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (DA-PHilMech) through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Mechanization Program.
DA Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban and DA-PHilMech Executive Director Dionisio Alvindia, together with representatives from the office of Senator Cynthia Villar and local government officials, led the awarding ceremony on January 26, 2023.
The officials distributed machines needed for crop establishment, harvesting, and palay drying such as hand tractors, walk-behind transplanters, riding type transplanters, precision seeders, rice reapers, rice combine harvesters, and recirculating dryers. (text by Gumamela Bejarin/photos by Alan Jacalan, DA-AFID)
