On top of compensation
DA READIES P50-M LOAN, GRANT
FOR BIRD FLU AFFECTED FARMERS
By Manny Piñol
The Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC), the credit agency of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, has readied an initial loan amount of P50-million to be extended to some 2,000 farmers in San Luis town and other neighbouring areas in Pampanga whose poultry farms were hit by the Avian Influenza.
Each farming family will be entitled to a P25,000 loan package under the Survival and Recovery (SURE) Loaning Program for farmers and fisher folks affected by natural and man-made calamity.
