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- DA-BFAR aids W.Visayas fishery sector amid crisis(Panay News, Inc., 2020-03-29)The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) Region 6 is taking actions to mitigate the impact of pandemic threat to the livelihood of the fisherfolk and other industry stakeholders. As stated in the DA Memorandum Circular No. 9 series of 2020, all farming and fishing activities shall be allowed to continue despite the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine to prevent further spread of COVID-19. To ensure the unhampered movement of fish cargoes in the region, DA-BFAR Region 6 had issued 43 Food Pass accreditation cards to fish consolidators (traders) from March 19 to 25.
- Iloilo gets P30-M agri loan fundSimeon, Louise Maureen (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2017-09-09)The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allocated a P30 million loan fund for two towns in Iloilo to help improve the country’s lending for the agriculture sector. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said the department has allotted P20 million for Dumangas town and another P10 million for Passi City as part of the Production Loan Easy Access program. The program allows farmers and fisherfolks to borrow from P5,000 to P25,000 without any collateral and a six percent annual interest payable in at least two years.