COTABATO CITY – Five-hundred twenty farmers and fisherfolk in the provincial islands of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi are set to undergo technical-vocational skills training after an agreement was signed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-UN).
On July 22, MAFAR
Minister Dr. Mohammad Yacob and FAO Project Team Leader Ruben Miranda signed a
letter of agreement under the project dubbed as “The Project for Agricultural
Training for Establishment of Peace in Mindanao”, which will cover P4.7 million
in total cost.
Funded by the government of Japan, the project is geared towards capacitating farmers and fisherfolk using production techniques and adaptive practices to sustain the growing agri-fishery sector in the islands.
It is projected to conduct 26 training batches of farmers and fisherfolk who will be trained on agriculture and horticultural courses, including basic agri-entrepreneurship, livelihood, and skills training.
Target beneficiaries are composed of former combatants and immediate families, Bangsamoro Women’s Auxiliary Brigade members, farmers and fisherfolk, Indigenous Peoples, out-of-school youth, and former grantees of Japan International Cooperation Agency-Market Driven Local Industry Promotion (JICA-MDLIP).
Yacob expressed his gratitude to FAO and the Japanese government for their partnership and commitment to “achieve self-reliant, food-secured, and resilient Bangsamoro.”
FAO assures to provide assistance to MENRE for the effective implementation of the said trainings
Also present
during the event were MAFAR Assistant to the Minister for Special Concern
Pendatun Patarasa, Director for Agriculture Services Engr. Ismail Guiamel, and
other MAFAR and FAO key dignitaries who attended via online platforms. (BANGSAMORO
INFORMATION OFFICE, MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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