Approximately 150 mango and onion farmers attended the credit caravan, serving as a platform to disseminate current information on the agricultural credit programs provided by the DA-Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC), Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), along with the insurance program under the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC).Partner lending institutions of the DA-ACPC, such as the Ilocos Consolidated Cooperative Bank (ICCB), Nueva Segovia Consortium of Cooperatives (NSCC), and the Sta. Cruz Savings and Development Cooperative (SACDECO), were also present during the program to assist farmers with their inquiries, conduct on-site evaluations, and facilitate the loan application process.Through this activity, the farmers were informed about the financial services provided by the government. And they were provided with guidance and clarity on how to utilize these services, as well as the responsibilities associated with borrowing.DA Senior Usec. Domingo Panganiban, in his message read by Director U-Nichols Manalo, emphasized, “๐๐ข๐บ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐บ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐บ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ช๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๐ข ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฃ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ด” (Just as before, you can be assured of our unwavering commitment to support the local government and farmers of the Ilocos region. Let us unite in promoting bountiful agriculture and a prosperous economy for a new Philippines). He also reiterated the President’s mandate to strengthen and expand financial services for the farmers to achieve a bountiful harvest.
For further details of the agri-credit services, access the links below:
ACEF (Land Bank) https://tinyurl.com/35zvj8dr
Development Bank of the Philippines https://tinyurl.com/3rxewzfu
Agricultural Credit Policy Council https://tinyurl.com/35zvj8dr
Ilocos Consolidated Cooperative https://tinyurl.com/5xwmycmm
Nueva Segovia Consortium of Cooperatives https://tinyurl.com/43jmv9ha
Sta. Cruz Savings and Development Cooperative https://tinyurl.com/38kej8v3
Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation https://tinyurl.com/4w7xxpxx (mango) https://tinyurl.com/2xht3bt7 (onion)
