DA provides P58-M to Ifugao beneficiaries

LAGAWE, Ifugao -- More than P58 million worth of assistance were provided to beneficiaries of the Second Cordillera Highland and Agricultural Resource Management Scale-up Project of the Dept. of Agriculture in Ifugao. 
    Fund grants included projects for agro-forestry, rural infrastructure and trainings given to people’s organizations in barangays Abatan of Hungduan, Anao in Hingyon and Gumhang in Tinoc.
    Abatan received P23.99 million while Gumhang and Anao got more than P23.84 million and P10.22 million respectively. 
    Jerry Damoyan of the DA-Cordillera said the CHARM-2 Scale Up project   is offshoot of implementation of CHARM 1 and 2 projects in previous years. 
    “The CHARM project is a partnership among the DA, national government agencies, local government units and funding agencies. Our advocacy is a project demand driven rather than supply. It should be what the beneficiaries need,” he said.

Meanwhile, the DA facilitated turn-over of documents of CHARM-2 projects received by representatives of local government units and people’s organizations from the three barangays for termination of the project this month. -- PIA, Ifugao