ROXAS CITY, Capiz (PIA) -- A consultative meeting between farmer beneficiaries and agriculture authorities from the Offices of the Provincial and Municipal Agriculturist was conducted recently to discuss the purchase of four units of rice harvester.

The project worth P6.5 million is part of the 23 various projects worth P80 million under the Support to the Barangay Development Program (SBDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that will be rolled out in barangays Carataya, Mahunodhunod, Putian and San Antonio in Cuartero town this year.

Aside from the agricultural component, the insurgency cleared barangays lagging in terms of development will also benefit from farm-to-market roads amounting to P48 million, electrifications  worth P7.5 million, health stations  worth P4.5 million, water and sanitation systems worth P7.5 million, and assistance to indigent individuals and families amounting to P6 million.

For the rest of fiscal year 2021, the SBDP has a P16.44 billion fund allocation for 2,381 projects in 822 barangays in 40 provinces in the country.

The SBDP is a government flagship program which was conceptualized to finally address insurgency by bringing the needed sustainable solutions and basic services to communities through Executive Order 70 or the whole-of-nation approach to end local communist armed conflict. (JBG/AAL/PIA-6 Capiz)