Marawi local Yassin Yusoph initiated the creation of the Bago Amasa Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Cooperative, a group of small farmers and fishers heavily affected by the Battle of Marawi in May to October of 2017. “Kaysa matulog lang tayo at kumain, bakit di tayo magtipon-tipon, magtanim at tulungan ang mga sarili natin,” Yusoph recalled continue reading : Young cooperative leader finds hope in the aftermath of Marawi-siege

In order to reach unbanked, underbanked, and underserved rural areas, the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), the country’s principal agri-fishery finance institution, partners with farmer and fisher cooperatives, rural banks, cooperative banks, associations, and non-government organizations, accrediting them as lending conduits to disburse loan funds under the Production Loan Easy Access continue reading : PLEA’s First Lending Conduit Continues to Empower Farmers and Fishers through Easy Access Credit