THE Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Mafar-Barmm) distributed a livestock package to farmers and cooperatives in Cotabato City.
There were 30 identified farmer-beneficiaries who received a pair of native goats, while the Teshyl Agriculture Cooperative received 100 heads of native chicken, together with the two individual farmers who are currently engaged in native chicken free-range farming.
"The intervention is intended for small-scale beneficiaries to be served as their additional source of income and as starting material in expanding the production of livestock in the region," said Disumimba Rasheed, assistant provincial director for the Special Geographical Area (SGA) and Cotabato City.
Rasheed assured that further assistance will be distributed to all of the beneficiaries allotted for Cotabato City residences.
Seeham Pangol, Banner Program coordinator of Livestock and Poultry Management Section of Mafar, challenged the recipients to sustain the program, saying it will help alleviate the lives of the farmer beneficiaries.
"I would like thank the beneficiaries for their time and effort in supporting all the ministry's activities. We are hoping that this could somehow help alleviate your living condition," Pangol said. (SunStar Zamboanga)