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-==North Cotabato flood-affected farmers get seed assistance==
+==P1-B cash grant for Soccsksargen, some ARMM areas==
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=74040
+*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r12&id=74113
 *Friday, January 27, 2012
 :by  Dani Doguiles
-KORONADAL CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) -- Hundreds of farmers who were affected by recent floods in North Cotabato recently received seed assistance from their provincial government.
+KORONADAL CITY, January 27 (PIA) -- The national government has spent P1,075,479,100 for conditional cash transfer to poorest of the poor families in the Soccsksargen Region (Region 12) and portions of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
-As of January 25, the provincial government of North Cotabato led by Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza has already dispensed a total of 1,425 bags of corn seeds and certified rice seeds to farmers in three municipalities.
+Department of Social Welfare and Development 12 Regional Director Zorahayda Taha said, this amount was used as cash grants for 148,660 household-beneficiaries of the Philippine government’s premiere anti-poverty initiative, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
-Gov. Taliño-Mendoza began the distribution on January 12 to farmer beneficiaries of ten barangays in M’lang town, including the villages of New Lawaan, Dugong, Dungguan, Buayan, Libo-o, New Antique, Inas, Lepaga, Lika, and Dalipe.
+This funds were directly given to the beneficiaries, she said.
-A total of 454 bags of certified rice seeds were handed to the recipients in a ceremony at Barangay Poblacion A.
+“To date, we are covering 44 towns and six cities. Just recently, we expanded our coverage to 15 more in Region 12. The government is concern with the condition of our poor and fortunate people,” Taha said.
-Gov. Taliño-Mendoza, during the turn-over ceremony, said that the program aims to help farmers recover from the loss brought about by the devastating flood.
+Localities included in the recent expansion include Kidapawan City and the towns of Kabacan, Libungan, Makilala, Midsayap, and M’langin North Cotabato; Tacurong City and Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat Province; Koronadal City, Norala, Polomolok, Surallah, Tampakan, Tantangan,and Tupi in South Cotabato.
-“Farmers are the ones most affected during times of calamities and this is our way helping them start over again,” she said.
+DSWD 12 aims to enlist at least 96,695 households from these expansion areas, Taha said.
-Office of the Provincial Agriculturist headed by acting provincial agriculturist Eliseo Mangliwan, facilitated the distribution of the calamity assistance.
+Through the conditional cash transfers program, the national government provides subsidies to the poorest of the poor households in the country identified through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR).
-For this specific activities the LGU gave a total of 606 bags of seeds of open-pollinated corn varieties and 367 bags of certified rice seeds.
+These cash grants are subject to conditions, including requiring children to go to school regularly, mothers to visit their local health facilities, and attendance to meetings of community organizations.
-Aside from the local government unit, the regional office of the Department of Agriculture (DA-12) also distributed 594 bags of certified rice seeds to farmers in four municipalities in the province.
+Under the CCT program each household-beneficiary received a monthly allowance of P500 for basic food needs. Additional P300 is also given for every child (up to 14 years old) who goes to school; a maximum of three children can get the allowance.
-Allocation per municipality were as follows: 300 for farmers in Carmen, 257 in Kabacan, 25 in Pikit and 12 in M’lang.
+In his visit to the Philippines late last year, World Bank Group president Robert B. Zoellick has backed proposals to expand the government’s food subsidy program for the lowest-income Filipino households, saying that economic growth should benefit the poor.
-DA-12 also turned-over zinc phosphite, a chemical used to control rat infestation.
+He described the government’s CCT as a prudent safety net for poor families, especially in these tough economic times. Around 40 other countries supported by the World Bank implement a conditional subsidy program for the poor.
-The turn-over ceremony was held at the Central Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center (CEMIARC) in Amas, Kidapawan City and was led by Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan. (PIA 12)
+Just recently, Director Taha announced that DSWD-12 has delisted 11,367 household –beneficiaries from 4Ps in line with their efforts to cleanse the list of beneficiaries with unqualified grant recipients.
+Among those removed were government employees, teachers, barangay officials, even overseas Filipino workers who were included in the list because of errors in the encoding of NHTS-PR. (PIA)
 ==LGU helps upgrade state U’s laboratory facilities==