Manila, July 11 -- The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) has made financing and other support services accessible to farmers in Western Visayas with the launch of its Agrisenso Plus Lending Program in the municipality of Pototan in Iloilo on Friday.

Agrisenso (Strategic and Enhanced Delivery of Support and Opportunities) is a comprehensive value chain-based financing initiative developed by LBP in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Department of Agrarian Reform, Agricultural Credit Policy Council, and other private sector partners.

"It is really our sincere and fervent endeavor to be able to provide access to capital to our farmers to really sustain food security in the country. Right now, we have a total of PHP12 billion ...