00:00Meanwhile, more than Php 20 million worth of assistance was distributed by the Department
00:05of Agriculture to farmers and fishers in Asugbu, Batangas to help them recover from the effects
00:11of several successive storms.
00:13The assistance included seeds, machinery such as tractors and food packs to support their
00:19daily needs.
00:20In Nueva Ecija, beneficiaries of the Agri-Pujunan program under the Marcos administration expressed
00:27their gratitude for the intervention's monitoring card from the Development Bank of the Philippines,
00:32which provides a credit limit of up to Php 60,000.
00:37This will help in purchasing farm inputs and provide cash assistance, which will be distributed
00:43in installments over four months.
00:45These programs aim to strengthen the agricultural sector and increase the country's food supply.
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