About P5.8 billion worth of farm and fishery products were sold through the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita marketing platforms, which had so far benefited around 1.3 million households nationwide. “Even beyond the COVID-19 pandemic or under the ‘new normal’ scenario, we will continue to implement the ‘Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita’ marketing program, as a reliable food commodity supplier in high-demand areas like Metro Manila and other urban centers nationwide,” DA Secretary William Dar said. The DA commended more than 750 Kadiwa outlets and communities, and 425 local government units (LGUs) that procured P3.45 billion and P2.38 billion, respectively, of various products from more than 15,000 individual farmers and fishers, and 3,250 farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) nationwide, assuring them of direct market and reasonable incomes. The LGUs directly bought the above farm and fishery products direct from 277 farmers and 100 FCAs.

De Vera-Ruiz, E. (2020, June 7). ₱5.8-B farm, fishery products sold through DA’s. ‘Kadiwa’. Manila Bulletin, p. 3.