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Affordable Rice for Overseas Filipino Workers and Their Families
Department of Agriculture and Department of Migrant Workers collaborate to provide rice at P20 per kilo in Mandaluyong City.
The Department of Agriculture (DA), in conjunction with the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), is set to sell rice at P20 per kilo to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families at the Kadiwa ng Pangulo site located at the DMW central office in Mandaluyong City.
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac emphasized the initiative as a means to provide accessible and affordable rice to OFWs and their families, addressing the cost of living in their communities.
The collaboration also aims to offer comprehensive support and technical assistance to prospective OFWs who aspire to venture into agriculture-based entrepreneurship.
This initiative forms part of the national reintegration program for OFWs and their families, promoting entrepreneurship development.
Cacdac highlighted the agricultural sector as a profitable business opportunity and investment area for OFWs, positioning the DMW alongside the DA in fostering agri-business initiatives as a viable program for the reintegration of OFWs into their communities.
DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac emphasized the initiative as a means to provide accessible and affordable rice to OFWs and their families, addressing the cost of living in their communities.
The collaboration also aims to offer comprehensive support and technical assistance to prospective OFWs who aspire to venture into agriculture-based entrepreneurship.
This initiative forms part of the national reintegration program for OFWs and their families, promoting entrepreneurship development.
Cacdac highlighted the agricultural sector as a profitable business opportunity and investment area for OFWs, positioning the DMW alongside the DA in fostering agri-business initiatives as a viable program for the reintegration of OFWs into their communities.
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