Initiated by the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office One (DA-RFO1) Agribusiness Marketing and Assistance Division (AMAD), some 40 Young Farmers Challenge Program (YFCP) awardees and up-scale applicants were invited for the 3-day training workshop for business plan preparation at the Ynadโs Place Hotel and Resort, City of San Fernando, La Union, on December 18-20, 2024.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ (๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด) ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ-๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต,โ said Ms. Rhoda Galban, Officer-in-Charge of AMAD, in her rationale of the activity entitled: ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐จ๐ฝ-๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐.
It sought to equip participants, youth agri-preneurs, past awardees of YFCP, and other interested parties with skills and knowledge regarding project matters, business operations, financial projection and analysis, venture sustainability, and risk management for the upcoming Young Farmers Challenge Program competition. This does not only give them an edge over fellow competitors for the challenge but also helps them prepare and plan ahead for the success of their respective ventures outside of the program.
The Young Farmers Challenge Program is a program initiated by the Department of Agriculture Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service (DA-AMAS) established to promote agri-interest and agri-business ventures among the youth aged 18-30 years old through grants amounting as high as P300,000.00 for the national level.
In discussions, Ms. Galban also mentioned an inter-collegiate category for the YFCP in partnership with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to encourage college students in taking up agri-related enterprises.
The future of agriculture is now in the hands of the youth. Through these various programs and trainings, the Department of Agriculture ensures that the young agri-preneurs are given enough support in order to attain a sustainable and innovative future for agriculture and fishery.
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