Small rice farmers will receive cash assistance from the excess money collected from rice tariffs while fisherfolk, corn, coconut and sugar farmers, as well as indigenous peoples will receive cash and food assistance from Bayanihan 2 in the coming months, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. The DA is finalizing the mechanics of the two forms of assistance to millions of small farmers and fisherfolk. Other non-rice farmers — that include corn, coconut, sugar farmers, marginal fisherfolk, and IPs — will also receive P5,000 worth of cash and food assistance under the DA’s P4.5 billion budget allocation under the Bayanihan 2 law.

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