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SAMAL, Bataan — The Department of Agriculture started distributing free commercial fertilizers on Thursday to help the farmers in this town for the dry season cropping.
Field technician Roy Vinzon of the Samal municipal agriculture office said the distribution is under the program Fertilizer Discount Voucher for dry season 2024–2025 of the agriculture department.
Beneficiaries under the government's Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) were 582 farmers, including 256 who are planting hybrid seeds and 326 farmers on inbred seeds.
The free fertilizers consisting of urea at P1,700 per bag and complete (14 – 14-14) at P1,650 per bag has a total amount of P2,202,159.80 with P1,160,488 for hybrid seed planters and P1,041,671.80 for user of inbred seeds.
A farmer is entitled to free fertilizers at P3,400 per hectare for hybrid seeds and P4,000 per hectare for RCEF inbred seeds.
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Vinzon said government program for farmers is continuous.
"Hopefully our farmers will continue to plant as the country needs them so that all of us will have food to eat," said Vinzon.
"They should not lose their patience since the government's aid is continuous," added Vinzon.
