Over $1.18B in cash grants distributed to Region Five rice farmers

Rice farmers in Region Five on Wednesday received more than $1.18 billion in cash grants, the largest allocation under the government’s nationwide rice farmers’ support programme. A total of 1,387 farmers, who cultivated 104,519 acres of rice during the last crop, are benefitting from the financial assistance. Rosalyn Bacchus, who has been farming for about […]