Manila – The Department of Agriculture (DA) Cagayan Valley Regional Field Office (RFO) provided assistance to Itbayat farmers in transporting their garlic produce from the Sual Port in Pangasinan to Metro Manila through its Kadiwa truck.
The Itbayat Garlic Producers Association from Batanes delivered 600 kilograms of garlic to the DA Kadiwa Center in Quezon City last September 14, 2022.
Through the DA-Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (AMAS), various institutional buyers picked up the PHP78,000 worth of garlic they ordered the following day.
The DA-AMAS has been assisting different farmer cooperatives and associations for the delivery of 691.95 kilograms of garlic amounting to PHP72,786 from February to July 2022.
DA – Cagayan Valley RFO said they will continue to assist garlic farmers through its different agribiz programs.
