Farmers cooperatives to supply food requirements of Camiguin hospital and detention center

The signing of a marketing agreement between the two Camiguin agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) and the two institutions under the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty Program.

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently established a steady market for the NAGPAKABANA Multi-Purpose Cooperative and BACNIT Multi-Purpose Cooperative to supply their agricultural products to Camiguin General Hospital (CGH) and Camiguin Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC).

Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Maybelle Alcala said this was made possible through the signing of a marketing agreement between the two agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) and the said institutions under the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty Program (EPAHPP).

“The agreement would enable the farmers’ groups to supply fresh, readily available, and healthy vegetables to the hospital and detention center to provide for the daily nutritional needs of people in these institutions,” Alcala said.

EPAHPP is a government initiative aimed at mitigating hunger, providing food security, and reducing poverty in the country.

Monico Q. Lagubis, NAGPAKABANA MPC representative, expressed his gratitude for this agreement because an additional market would generate additional income for the cooperative and its members.

Anita O. Santana, a representative from Bacnit MPC, assured the CGH and the CPDR that they would provide the two institutions with quality products.

Kooperatiba ng mga magsasaka magsu-suplay ng pagkain sa ospital at bilangguan sa Camiguin

Naisaayos ng Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) na magkaroon ng matatag na merkado ang NAGPAKABANA Multi Purpose Cooperative at BACNIT Multi-Purpose Cooperative upang suplayan ng kanilang mga produkto ang Camiguin General Hospital (CGH) at Camiguin Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC).

Ayon kay Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Maybelle Alcala ito ay naisagawa sa pamamagitan ng lagdaan ng isang marketing agreement sa pagitan ng dalawang agrarian reform beneficiaries’ organizations (ARBOs) at ng nasabing institusyon sa ilalim ng Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty Program (EPAHPP).

“Sa kasunduang ito ang mga grupo ng magsasaka ay magsu-suplay ng sariwang gulay at iba pang produkto sa ospital at bilangguan upang maibigay ang pang-araw-araw na pangangailangan sa nutrisyon ng mga tao sa mga institusyong ito,” ani Alcala.

Ang EPAHPP ay inisyatibo ng pamahalaan na naglalayong labanan ang kagutuman, magkaloob ng seguridad sa pagkain ng mamamayan at bawasan ang kahirapan sa bansa.

Nagpasalamat si Monico Q. Lagubis, kinatawan ng NAGPAKABANA MPC, dahil sa kasunduan na ito dahil nangangahulugan na ang dagdag na merkado ay magkakaloob ng dagdag na kita sa kooperatiba at sa mga miyembro nito.

Sineguro naman ni Anita O. Santana, kinatawan ng Bacnit MPC, na ang itutustos nila sa CGH at CPDR ay mga produktong dekalidad.