Manila, June 26 -- The Department of Agriculture-Agribusiness Marketing Assistance Division (DA-AMAD)'s market linkage caravan has yielded contracts for the direct marketing, sale and delivery of agricultural products to institutional buyers, allowing farmers to improve their production in terms of quality and quantity.
"The event aims to strengthen connections between local producers and institutional buyers, offering farmers direct access to better markets and fairer prices," said Aida Pagtan, chief of the Administration and Finance division of the DA-Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), in an interview with the Philippine News Agency on Thursday.
Among the signed deals during the recent caravan are for the weekly delivery of 3,000...