An initial P700,000 loan funds have been disbursed by the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council’s (DA-ACPC) partner lending conduit in the province of Misamis Occidental benefitting 28 marginalized and small farmers and fisherfolk (MSFF). The Paglaum Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PMPC), DA-ACPC’s partner lending conduit in the province released the said loans in Tangub, continue reading : SURE COVID-19 assists Misamis Occidental farmers and fishers
SURE COVID-19 rolls out in Occidental Mindoro
An initial amount of P8 million was disbursed to 320 marginal and small farmers and fishers (MSFF) from Occidental Mindoro under the SURE COVID-19 Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC). Each farmer- and fisher-borrower received a no-interest, no collateral loan worth P25,000 which they will pay in continue reading : SURE COVID-19 rolls out in Occidental Mindoro
Aklan farmers and fishers receive financial assistance amid COVID-19 pandemic
Marginalized and small farmers and fishers (MSFF) in Aklan, whose livelihoods were affected by the lockdown due to the rising cases of Covid 19, receive P25,000 loan under the SURE COVID-19 program. Said financial assistance has no interest, no collateral and is payable in 10 years. The Integrated Barangays of Numancia MPC (IBONMPC), the Department continue reading : Aklan farmers and fishers receive financial assistance amid COVID-19 pandemic
ACPC Programs performance as of year-end 2019
In 2019, the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) released a total of P5.11 billion of loans to marginalized and small farmers and fisherfolk (MSFF) and borrower-organizations under various agri-fishery credit programs. The programs include the: 1) Production Loan Easy Access Program (PLEA), 2) Survival and Recovery Assistance Program (SURE), 3) Working continue reading : ACPC Programs performance as of year-end 2019
Online Application for SURE COVID-19 Loan Program
The DA-ACPC, through its SURE COVID-19 Loan Program, offers a loan facility to individuals, groups, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), micro and small enterprises (MSEs) engaged in agriculture and fisheries who need financial capital. As we are still under community quarantine due to COVID-19, all interested OFW-borrowers are encouraged to use this online application for DA-ACPC continue reading : Online Application for SURE COVID-19 Loan Program
DA-ACPC Okays P1-B Loan Facility For Plant, Plant, Plant Program
DA-ACPC okays P1-B loan facility for ‘Plant, Plant, Plant Program The Department of Agriculture through the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) has approved an initial P1-billion loan assistance to marginalized farmers and fishers, as well as agri-fishery micro and small enterprises (MSEs) to enable them to cope during this state of national emergency due to continue reading : DA-ACPC Okays P1-B Loan Facility For Plant, Plant, Plant Program
DA-ACPC Offers Loan Payment Moratorium Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
A total of 77,375 small farmers and fishers stand to benefit from the imposition of a one-year moratorium on the payment of loan amortization under the various agri-fishery credit programs of the Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC). The temporary suspension of payments was implemented to aid farmers and fishers affected by marketing restrictions continue reading : DA-ACPC Offers Loan Payment Moratorium Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
SURE Implementation for Cut Flower Farmers in Benguet
As a result of President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration that the whole country will be under a State of Calamity for a period of six (6) months due to the rising cases of COVID-19 and due to the enhanced community quarantine imposed throughout Luzon, the income of many of our cut flower farmers from the Cordillera continue reading : SURE Implementation for Cut Flower Farmers in Benguet
DA-ACPC joins DA Family in celebrating the First Anniversary of the Rice Tariffication Law
As part of the Department of Agriculture (DA) family, the Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), was one with the DA in celebrating the first anniversary of the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), held in the Urdaneta Cultural Center, Pangasinan on March 5, 2020. “The Rice Tariffication Law is one of the best reforms that has happened continue reading : DA-ACPC joins DA Family in celebrating the First Anniversary of the Rice Tariffication Law
KAYA loan program kicks off in Ilocos Norte
The Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) transferred an initial P20 million fund to two of its partner lending conduits in Ilocos Norte for the Kapital Access for Young Agripreneurs (KAYA) Program. Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar and ACPC Executive Director Jocelyn Alma Badiola led the ceremonial turnover of checks worth P10 million each continue reading : KAYA loan program kicks off in Ilocos Norte