CEBU CITY – The Province of Cebu with the
regional and provincial offices of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department
of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD) in Bohol, Negros Oriental and Siquijor joined President
Ferdinand Marcos in a simultaneous launching of the “Kadiwa Ng Pangulo” (KNP)
on July 17 in Pampanga and all KNPs in 81 provinces nationwide were
linked/hooked by Radio TV Malacanang (RTVM) via livestream at PTV-4.
“I think it’s high time that we have to synchronize the programs of the regional offices of DA, DTI’s Diskwento Caravan and many others as we organized the women in Cebu for livelihood via selling cheaper rice all over the province,” Garcia said.
In the President’s keynote speech, he said that the Kadiwa Ng Pangulo is being institutionalized by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to ensure a food and nutrition secure Philippines with policy reforms to enhance efficiency and accelerate the modernization of the sector.
He said that the Kadiwa program aims to ensure that food commodities are made available and accessible in high consumer demand areas by harnessing private sector participation, capacity enhancement of farmer cooperatives and associations, and engaging community organizations’ participation in food supply distribution system.
Inter-agency participation in Central Visayas. The various regional and provincial offices of the DTI, DA, DSWD, DILG, PCIC, NFA and local government units joined the simultaneous nationwide roll-out of the KNP where they also invited their respective food processing MSMES and cooperators of the Shared Service Facility (SSF) program in Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental and Siquijor.
Some 124 participating agencies and Kadiwa partners, FCAs and MSMEs had set up stalls in various venues such as in Bohol at the Old Tagbilaran City Airport, Cogon District; in Cebu at the Atrium, Robinsons Galleria; in Negros Oriental at the Capitol Area, Lamberto Macias Road, Dumaguete City and in Siquijor was at the Siquijor Capital Square, Poblacion, Siquijor where fresh and affordable products were sold at farmers’ prices. (Photos: MBCNewman/DTI)
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