Manila, April 5 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Sunday said it will distribute PHP5,000 cash subsidy to 600,000 rice farmers to help augment their needs amid the enhanced community quarantine.
"Our rice farmers will receive it as a direct cash transfer that they can use to buy either farm inputs, food for their families or anything they need," Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a press release.
Dubbed as the Financial Subsidy to Rice Farmers (FSRF), the PHP5,000 cash subsidy is part of the DA's initiatives to assist small rice farmers, who plant one hectare or less, located in 24 provinces not covered under the Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) program.
The PHP3-billion FSRF fund is earmarked under the 2020 General...