Seven onion cold storage facilities amounting to P240.575 million will also be established this year in key production areas.
Meanwhile, 20,000-bag capacity cold storage facilities will be awarded to the New Hermosa Farmers Association in Hermosa, Bataan; the Nagkakaisang Magsasaka Agricultural MPC in Talavera, Nueva Ecija, and the Valiant Primary Multipurpose Cooperative in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija. The PCO said a total of 10 farmers’ cooperatives and associations from the MIMAROPA region received financial grant totaling P40 million through the DA Enhanced Kadiwa: Sagip Sibuyas Project.“Under the Sagip Sibuyas Project, eligible FCAs shall use the grant of up to P5 million for trading capital to cover the costs of procuring onions directly from farmers, hauling and delivery to markets and cold storage facilities, and storage rental,” the PCO said in a statement.
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