Agriculture Officials Meet NGP Beneficiaries

Malungon, Sarangani Province, 28 March 2017 – Agriculture officials visited one of the sites of the National Greening Program implemented by DENR with the Upper Lumabat Small Farmers Procedures Cooperative in Malungon.  The site were planted with Cacao which is a promising high value crop that can be developed as an industry by the Department of Agriculture which is also an implementing agency of the National Greening Program under Executive Order 26. Sitting in the front row (from right) are Undersecretary Evelyn Laviña, High Value Crops and Rural Credit of the Department of Agriculture, Executive Director Mel Montenegro  of Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) and Jocelyn Misterio of the Agricultural Program Coordinating Office of Sarangani and General Santos. The event was also attended by Ricky Remulta, Forest Extension Officer of the DENR. (Wenie G. Vergara and Ricky Remulta /DENR – Glan, Sarangani)