A total of Php58.7 million worth of various rice machines from PHilMech-led RCEF Mechanization Program, were distributed to the 38 farmers’ cooperative and associations (FCAs) in Maguindanao del Sur province on April 29, 2024.

A total of 23 units of four-wheel drive tractors, 19 units of hand tractors, six units of PTO-driven disc plows, and two units each of rice reapers and rice threshers comprised the granted machines.

Present during the distribution were PHilMech FMFOD Assistant Chief Engr. Domingo Miranda, MAFAR Municipal Officer Dr. Ruden S. Maliga, Governor Bai Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu, Vice Governor Datu Nathaniel S. Midtimbang, Office of the Congressman Representative Alex Pompong, and Villar SIPAG Representative Arthur Go. (FB, DA-PHilMech)