Small farmers and fishers from the province of Maguindanao received financial assistance under the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council’s (DA-ACPC) SURE COVID-19 loan program. A total of P2.5 million was released to an initial 100 beneficiaries who were able to borrow uncollateralized, zero-interest loans worth P25,000 payable up to 10 years. Three continue reading : SURE COVID-19 to boost productivity of Maguindanao farmers and fishers

A total of 898 small farmers and fishers (SFF) in Eastern Visayas whose livelihood were affected by the lockdown due to COVID-19 have availed of the emergency loan assistance of the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC). DA-ACPC released P22.5 million credit funds to Metro Ormoc Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative (OCCCI) and LC continue reading : 898 Eastern Visayas farmers, fishers avail of agri emergency loan program

A total of 720 marginalized small farmers and fishers (MSFF) from the municipalities of Daet, Mercedes, and San Vicente in Camarines Norte availed of loans under the Expanded Sure Aid and Recovery Project or SURE COVID-19 program of the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC). The SURE COVID-19 program offers loans amounting continue reading : Camarines Norte farmers get SURE COVID-19 aid

The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) partnered with digital finance and services leader, PayMaya, to provide innovative financial disbursement platform for the Kapital Access for Young Agripreneurs (KAYA) Loan Program. Through the said partnership, PayMaya will allow DA-ACPC’s partner lending conduits (PLCs) for KAYA to disburse loans to borrowers digitally through continue reading : DA-ACPC, PayMaya join forces to accelerate digitalization in agri-fishery finance

The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) under its Expanded Survival and Recovery Project (SURE COVID-19) disbursed emergency loans to 174 farmers in Cebu City amounting to P4.35 million. Cebu City has an allocation of P7.2 million loan funds to benefit a total of 289 farmers under the SURE COVID-19 program – continue reading : SURE COVID-19 benefits 174 Cebu farmers

The Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) along with its partner lending conduit, Oisca Farm Multipurpose Cooperative facilitated the initial P2.75 million loan release to 110 marginalized and small farmers and fishers (MSFF) in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. Under the Expanded SURE Aid and Recovery Project (SURE COVID-19), each beneficiary is continue reading : Marawi farmers, fishers get SURE COVID-19 aid

A total of P11,250,000 million credit fund was disbursed to 450 small farmers and fishers from Negros Occidental as part of the implementation of the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council’s (DA-ACPC) SURE COVID-19 Loan Program. Each borrower, whose incomes were affected by the lockdown restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, continue reading : SURE COVID-19 supports Negros Occidental farmers and fishers

The Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) through its Expanded SURE Aid and Recovery Project or SURE COVID-19 has downloaded a total of P70.05 million loan funds to its partner lending conduits in Region 10.  From this amount, some 2,800 marginalized small farmers and fishers (MSFF) in the region whose livelihoods were affected by continue reading : 2,800 farmers, fishers in Northern Mindanao to benefit from SURE COVID-19 program

The DA-ACPC, in coordination with its partner lending conduits, the DA Regional Field Office of the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-RFO CAR), and the Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs) of Mt. Province, has completed its disbursement of zero-interest, emergency loans to 1,200 marginalized farmers and fishers (MSFF) in the province under the Expanded SURE Aid and continue reading : 1,200 Cordilleran farmers, fishers receive SURE COVID-19 loans

To ensure business sustainability amid the current pandemic, the Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC) released a total of P5 million loan funds to Carmen Agricultural Resources Development Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CARD MPC) in North Cotabato. CARD MPC is a producer of certified palay seeds, corn seeds, and organic fertilizer. However, their agri-trading continue reading : SURE COVID-19 loan program aids CARD coop in BARMM