CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Department of Agriculture has established direct connections between squash farmers to various buyers in Central Luzon.
“Initiated by our Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division, this aims to help farmer-producers in selling their crops directly to the consumers amid the difficulty in global food systems during this coronavirus disease pandemic,” DA Region 3 director Crispulo Bautista Jr. said.
“Because of this initiative, the total earned value of the farmers and suppliers successfully reached P432,190 with a volume of 125.1 metric tons,” Bautista added.
Successful farmer-supplier linkages included those of Crisencio Marcos of Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija to Carol Pasqual-Lopez; Eugenia Ramirez of Talavera, Nueva Ecija to Duran Farm; L. Sanchez Farm of San Ildefonso, Bulacan to Alagang Kapatid Foundation Inc.; Divina Gracia of Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija to the municipal government of Plaridel, Bulacan and Ateneo De Manila University; and the city government of San Jose and municipal government of Rizal in Nueva Ecija to L. Sanchez Farm.
Others are Soccoro Pangilinan of Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija to Carmela Oracion; various squash producers of Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija to Carol Pasqual-Lopez; various squash producers of Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija to Carmela Oracion; and producer from Aliaga, Nueva Ecija to Ace Estrada. —Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu/PIA 3
