10,000 Yapayao farmers, fisherfolk to receive P100M cash aid from Pres. Marcos

Luna, Apayao- A total of 10,000 Farmers and Fisherfolks across the Province of Apayao will benefit from the Presidential Assistance for Farmers, Fisherfolk, and Families (PAFFF), a program of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. which continues to help thousands of farmers.

Said beneficiaries shall be aided with P10,000 each, from the P100,000,000 total fund to be disbursed.

According to Swad -Apayao the list of potential beneficiaries was taken from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and Department of Agriculture (DA), then afterward were submitted to the Regional Field Office for cross-matching and deduplication based on the PAFF- AKAP or Ayuda sa Kapos sa Kita Program guidelines.

The composition of the beneficiaries per municipality is as follows: Calanasan - 1,366 recipients; Conner - 1,936; Kabugao - 1,816; Luna - 1,599; Pudtol – 845, Santa Marcela - 1,300; and Flora - 1,138.

The payout venues of said assistance shall be held simultaneously on July 19, 2024, per municipality.

In Calanasan, the venue will be at the EKB Gymnasium Poblacion, Calanasan; In Conner at the PAD, Caglayan, Conner; In Kabugao, at the DSA gymnasium, Poblacion; In Luna and Pudtol, at the BVGJR gymnasium, Poblacion; and for Santa Marcela and Flora, it shall be at the Santa Marcela gymnasium.

The PAFFF aims to support and provide intervention to farmers, fisherfolks, and their families due to the effects of the recent El Niño phenomenon which greatly affected the farm yield of thousands of farmers.