The Department of Agriculture has begun rolling out a P10-billion cash assistance for about 4.17 million registered agricultural workers under the Presidential Assistance for Farmers and Fisherfolk Program (PAFFP). In a statement, DA said farmers and fisherfolk nationwide are each expected to receive P2,325 in cash assistance through the PAFFP as production costs rise amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran. “This financial assistance, while admittedly small, provides a lifeline for over 4.1 million Filipino farmers and fisherfolk hit hard by soaring petroleum product prices,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said yesterday.

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