THE Department of Agriculture (DA) hosted the first day of provincial judging for those who qualified in the Young Farmers Challenge 2022 in Central Luzon on Monday, July 25 at the Manor Hotel in this capital city.
Young Farmers Challenge (YFC) is a nationwide search for young minds who could bring out ideas to help them or the farming industry prosper and promote food sustainability.
About 110 enterprises passed the screening of the DA Regional Field Office 3 through the Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division.
They are expected to showcase their proposed agribusiness venture until Friday, July 29.
Featured again this year is the Kabataang Agribiz Competitive Grant Assistance Program that will provide assistance and support to Filipinos who want to enter the agriculture sector, aged 18 to 30 years old.
Up for grabs are prize money worth P50,000 each for winners in the provincial level; PHP100,000 each for winners in the regional level; and PHP300,000 each for national winners. Odsey said that a Cordilleran was among the YFC national awardees in 2021 and received the PHP300,000 prize, according to the DA.
The DA said that participants who will hurdle the provincial, regional, and national rounds stand to get a total of around PHP500,000 which they can as capital for their project.