#FarmersDay | More than PhP 16 million worth of agricultural inputs from the DA and its attached bureaus and agencies were handed out to the farmers of the municipality of Tantangan, South Cotabato, on January 24, 2024.
The interventions were turned-over by DA-12 OIC-Regional Executive Director John B. Pascual, who was the guest speaker, to Mayor Timee Joy T. Gonzalez, during the “6th Pabunar ti Mannalon” Farmers Day. The event is part of the celebration of the town’s 63rd Foundation Anniversary and 14th Kulitangtang Festival.
The abovementioned agencies and stakeholders came up with a cohesive idea to initiate different activities that will make the celebration memorable through the conduct of various activities such as tree planting, fun games, raffle draws, contests, food pack distribution, mass distribution of indemnity checks for the farmers affected by calamities and distribution of consolidated agricultural inputs.
The activity has also been attended and supported by South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo S. Tamayo, Jr., Knights of Columbus officials, and Farmer-Director Ret. Gen. Celestino Desamito who led the ceremonial milk toasting.