The COA also flags the agriculture department after it also failed to distribute 2,088 farm machineries to farmers
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Audit flagged the Department of Agriculture over its failure to distribute a total of 855,493 bags of rice seeds meant for farmers under the P10-billion Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund .
Meanwhile, on the farm equipment, state auditors added the machineries are also in danger of being inoperable due to improper storage. The equipment includes 942 hand tractors, 599 floating tillers, 329 reapers, and 215 recirculating dryers. Meanwhile, DA’s MC No. 10, series of 2022, mandated that the names must be registered with ABEMIS. The system stores the names of corn farmers and fisherfolk, including agricultural machineries they use.
According to the COA’s tally, there were 57,459 agricultural workers listed under ABEMIS. However, the number of beneficiaries swelled to 77,028 – a difference of 19,569 – based on the master list with the DBP. Of the 25,163 names that were not present in the master list, 7,813 were from Cagayan Valley, 7,189 from Ilocos Region, 3,422 from Bicol, 2,436 from Northern Mindanao, and 1,361 from Calabarzon.
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