Manila, July 10 -- At least eight farmers associations, most of them with indigent members from this city and Dingras town, on Thursday accepted the challenge to become agripreneurs through the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan farming program.

Under the program, some 200 farmer-participants will undergo 14 weeks of hands-on lectures, spanning from modern farming methods to marketing and business principles, to update their agricultural knowledge and skills to improve their living conditions.

Each farmers association with 25 members has a designated demonstration site for them to apply their learning in practical agriculture, assisted by accredited trainors.

They will also come up with a livelihood proposal with a seed capital of PHP500,000.

The...