As the government continues to push for increased farmers’ and fisherfolk’s income by removing middlemen from the equation, over P2.5 million worth of onions has already been sold from September 2022 to January 2023.
Complying with President and Agriculture Secretary Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.’s directive, the Department of Agriculture enhanced its market linkage initiative to assist farmers’ cooperatives and associations across the country.
“Malaking tulong actually ang logistics. Nakatulong ang Kadiwa sa logistics ,” Elvin Jerome Laceda of RiceUp and Sakahon farmers’ enterprises said, pertaining to the P1.325 million worth of four-wheel truck awarded by DA to the RiceUp Farmers, Inc. in Pampanga in 2022. Farmers were given assistance and trainings, as well, in farm clustering and consolidation, where market-driven production and focus on supplying institutional buyers are applied to help farmers earn better with higher volume. In addition, through Sakahon, an agritech solutions company, Laceda and his team aim to create a system wherein the farmers already know what the market needs even before they plant and harvest.
To note, RiceUp and Sakahon farmer partners regularly bring their produce to the DA Kadiwa outlet in Quezon City, aside from serving big buyers. They also brought 1.5 tons of onions priced at P240/kilogram for big sizes and P140/kilogram for small sizes at the DA Kadiwa and the Senate in the last week of January 2023.
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