Hundreds of farmers and fisherfolk in Negros Occidental have benefited from about PHP53 million in loans from the Production Loan Easy Access (PLEA) program of the Department of Agriculture -Agricultural Credit Policy Council (DA-ACPC). About 1,500 recipient-farmers are covered through two conduits – the Negros Cooperative Bank and Pag-Inupdanay, Inc. — along with La Castellana One Personnel Multi-Purpose Cooperative. Jane Aplaon, PLEA focal person in Negros Occidental, said there is a high repayment rate among the beneficiaries in Negros Occidental, pegged at 90 percent.

Farmers avail of P53-M loan from DA special credit program. (2019, March 16-17). The Daily Guardian, pp. 6, 14.