Kalinga benefits from DA funded projects

By Peter A. Balocnit

TABUK CITY, Kalinga – This province benefitted from farm-to-market roads provided by the Department of Agriculture in its bid to boost agriculture production in the countryside.

Norma Frances Damian, provincial planning and development coordinator said two were completed, one ongoing while five  were recently bidded out.

Total allocation provided to the eight FMRs was P34.5 million.

She said two FMRs, the Aluminit road in Santor, Rizal  and Nambaran in this city  with project cost of P5 million each were completed.

Ongoing was the P3.3M Bantay-Pataddog road also of Tabuk.

Bided out were  Belong-Manubal road in Tinglayan – P3.8 million; Guilayon in this city – P4.4M; Lakilak in Lubuagan – P3.3M; Dawayan in Nambaran, Tabuk – P5M; and Mapacoin Pinukpuk worth P5 million.

“These were given in three tranches. The first tranche was P10 million, 2nd tranche P11.5, and 3rd was P13 million,” she said adding this was the package of agricultural intervention projects committed by DA Secretary Proceso Alcala to the province.

According to the Office on Agricultural Services, the agriculture infrastructure support projects given to Kalinga have contributed to its present 370% rice sufficiency level, a significant increase in rice production,  and expansion in rice production to more than 20,000 hectares.