The Department of Agriculture declared Sarangani a “model province” during a recent dialogue of Secretary Manny Piñol with local government officials led by Gov. Steve Chiongbian Solon.
Piñol said that a DA Project Management Office will be established in Sarangani and that the province will serve as a model for his project.
The DA has also provided 70 fiber glass boats (bangkas) to be distributed to capacitate poor citizens in coastal areas and to fishermen who returned home after being apprehended in Indonesian waters.
The fiber glass boats will also be used to strengthen Piñol’s program with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, the “Bantay Dagat.”
The DA chief also handed over agricultural equipment, post-harvest facilities and tractors to the provincial government, and allocated millions of pesos for the construction of more farm-to-market roads in Sarangani.
