Training efforts are being rolled out by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for farmers through the Rice Extension Services Program (RESP) under the TESDA Circular No. 101, Series of 2019.
Training efforts are being rolled out by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for farmers through the Rice Extension Services Program (RESP) under the TESDA Circular No. 101, Series of 2019.
TESDA Secretary Isidro Lapea recently signed the circular that shows details on the implementing guidelines on RESP activities to be carried out by the agency through its regional and provincial offices in 1,010 priority municipalities.
Section 13 of RA 11203 creates the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) or the Rice Fund, which entails the government to allot an annual P10-B budget for the next six years to several concerned agencies, including TESDA, to help improve the Filipino rice farmers competitiveness, productivity, and income amid the liberalization of the Philippine rice trade.
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