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Floridablanca Aetas receive assistance from DA, NCIP

Ian Ocampo Flora

THE Aeta communities in the upland barangays of Nabuclod and Mawacat in Floridablanca received agri-assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Central Luzon in collaboration with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).

The beneficiaries received 100,000 cassava cuttings and 150 kilos of mungbean from the DA and the NCIP through the help of the Floridablanca Municipal Agricultural Office with the support of the Mayor Darwin Manalansan, Vice Mayor Michael Galang, and Municipal Council members.

The agricultural assistance is part of the Indigenous Peoples' Livelihood and Development (4Ks) program of the DA.

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