The national government has earmarked huge amount for
agricultural development in Region 12 to help uphold efforts in achieving peace
in Mindanao , a ranking agriculture official on
Thursday said.
Under the national government’s PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn
(PAMANA), Region-12, composed of the provinces of North Cotabato, South
Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Saranggani and the cities of Cotabato, Kidapawan,
Tacurong, Koronadal and Gen. Santos City, has received a total budget
allocation of Php471.215 million, part of it are projects in former communist
guerillas’s communities in Sultan Kudarat province.
PAMANA program is a national government's initiative that
extends and delivers development interventions to remote, hard-to-reach, and
conflict-affected communities in the country.
Anchored on the Millennium Development Goal (MGD) under its
Poverty Reduction component, this special program endeavors to re-strengthen
peace building, reconstruction and development of identified
conflict-vulnerable areas.
Datukan said of the total allocation of Php471, 215,000,
South Cotabato received the highest chunk of Php125.03-M; Sarangani
(Php119.05-M); North Cotabato (Php87-M); Sultan Kudarat (Php32.6-M), including
the P107.5-M proposed projects for the Communist Party of the Philippines, New
People’s Army and National Democratic Front (CNN) in North Cotabato.
It covers 21 local government units, including the towns of
Carmen, Pikit, Midsayap, Banisilan, President Roxas, Matalam, Kabacan and
Makilala, Columbio, Isulan, Kalamansig, President Quirino, Lebak, Bagumbayan,
Esperanza, Lutayan, Palimbang, Glan, Maasim and Malapatan and T’boli.
“These funds will be automatically downloaded to these
LGU-recipients that will implement various livelihood, farm-to-market roads,
and other infrastructure projects identified by the Office of the Presidential
Adviser on Peace Process (OPPAP),” Datukan said.Fe Ybanez, DA-12-PAMANA focal
person and currently the region’s operations division chief, reported that out
of the total 91 projects, 23 projects are now underway.
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