Isherfolk get crop insurance subsidy

27,846.19 hectares.

A total of 6,051 recipients from the livestock sector covering 17,338 hectares of combined areas availed almost P15.8 million in subsidy while 438 fishermen were granted P690,400 under the noncrop insurance (NCI), particularly fishing boats.

Also, P9.8 million in crop insurance premium subsidy went to farmers and fisherfolk enrolled under Negros First Universal Crop Insurance Program (NFUCIP).

Included are almost P8.3 million availed of by 8,277 rice and corn farmers, with a total area of 9,772.50 hectares, and P1.5 million for 987 farmers under the NCI.

Jose Ma. Torres, head of PCIC-Negros Occidental Provincial Extension Office, said the amount of utilized premium subsidy only covered those who availed of it through the NFUCIP and RSBSA.

The NFUCIP is being implemented by the PCIC, in partnership with the Negros Occidental Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, while RSBSA is under the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).