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NIA Bulacan IMO conducts Mass Signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for Individual IA Farmer-Members and Distribution of the 1st Tranche of Cash Assistance for CY 2024 Rice Contract Farming Program. It is being held at the Covered Court of Barangay Cansinala, Apalit, Pampanga. On April 23, 2024, NIA Bulacan IMO held the Mass Signing of MOA for Individual IA Farmer-Members of Cansinala Damayang Magpapatubig, Inc. with primary contract signed with NIA. The said IA has an initial contracted area of 396.11 hectares with 233 farmer-beneficiaries. The IA's Land Bank Account was secured last May 3, 2024, wherein this Office will channel its Cash Support/Assistance.
Under the Agreement, the farmers shall engage in the land cultivation, planting, and production of rice (palay) grains. The consensus among the beneficiaries of the said IA led to conduct of the event today. Bulacan IMO Manager instructed the Chief of Operations and Maintenance Section to craft-up and prepare preventive security measures to this Cash Support for the smoothly distribution to the individual farmers involve in this Contract Farming Program. In line with this, the O&M Chief crafted the MOA for Individual Farmers of an Agricultural Land for Contract Farming with the conformity of the Regional Legal Services. Additional security measure is the General Payroll of the Listed Individual Farmers that will receive the Cash Assistance for 1st Tranche to cover the land preparation task and 2nd Tranche to cover the harvest-processing task, respectively.
This 1st Tranche Cash Assistance will initiate the individual farmers to start land preparation, in line to this Contract Farming Program aims to support the Government’s Rice Sufficiency Program and to increase palay production towards food security.
Participating in this event are Engineering and Operations Acting Division Manager Engr. Christian C. Manalo, Acting Operations Section Chief Joel Odie, Bulacan IMO Manager Engr. Placida C. Cordero, O&M Section Chief Engr. Ernesto L. Mapoy, Jr., Acting Administrative and Finance Section Chief Ma. Lourdes S. Dela Cruz, Water Control and Coordination Unit/Dam Head Francisco J. Clara, Contract Farming Focal Person Rodino M. Bautista, Acting Federation President Carlos Dimaapi, President Edilberto R. Salvador of Cansinala Damayang Magpapatubig Inc. I.A., BLGU Cansinala Chairperson Hon. Fernando T. Mandap, Sr., O&M Section personnel, and individual farmer-beneficiaries.
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