Farmers group gets P180,000 assistance

ZAMBOANGA. The Dampalan Farmer Association in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte on Wednesday, December 16, received a cassava grater with presser worth P180,000 from the Department of Agriculture. A photo handout shows the cassava grater given to the association. (SunStar Zamboanga)
ZAMBOANGA. The Dampalan Farmer Association in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte on Wednesday, December 16, received a cassava grater with presser worth P180,000 from the Department of Agriculture. A photo handout shows the cassava grater given to the association. (SunStar Zamboanga)

THE Department of Agriculture-Special Area for Agricultural Development (DA-SAAD) program has provided a boost to the livelihood of an association of farmers in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.

The beneficiary of the cassava grater with presser worth P180,000 is the Dampalan Farmers Association (DFA).

Ronillo Dusaban, DA-SAAD provincial coordinator, delivered Wednesday, December 16, the equipment under the Cassava Production Project Fiscal Year 2020 in Dampalan village, Dapitan City.

Dusaban said the inputs delivered to the association aimed to lessen the labor and provide convenience to the farmers as they have been grating their cassavas manually.

"Before, my hands were always wounded when we grate these cassavas manually; it was really hard not to have cuts. Now that the cassava grater with presser came to us, surely, we will not experience a hard time grating our produce," said Alfrodencio Batino, president of DFA.

Batino said the members of the DFA also felt excited as they have been selling cassava products like puto and budbod.

"My father always loves me to cook puto for him but the process itself is a struggle; now at least I can make as much as he wants since grating the cassava is no longer a hassle," said Jocelyn Anghag, a member of DFA.

Dusaban said that prior to the delivery of inputs, the association already received a package that includes cassava stalks, organic fertilizers and cassava chippers. (SunStar Zamboanga)

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