Department of Agriculture(DA)

January 28, 2022 Dear Erica Maling, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Jan 27, 2022 09:56:59 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Follow up on tracking #DA-633491685033. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. We apologized for the delay of our response. We relayed your query to DA-Region I Field Office. As per DA-Region 1 Rice Focal person: “No such lottery in the computer. With the criteria na ang qualified beneficiary sa RFFA ay registered sa RSBSA na rice farmers tilling 2 hectares and below. Ang list ay galing or extracted from the Farmers and Fisherfolks registration system (FFRS) then from that list dumaan sa validation ng LGU (Santa Maria Agriculture Office) and endorsed sa RFO. Ang target Beneficiaries sa Sta maria ay 2,080. Ang extracted list ay 2,536 farmers so kailangan nila mag prioritize and ginamit nilang criteria for prioritization is 1 per family para mabigyan ang ibang farmer.” For more information and other DA assistance, you may coordinate with DA - Region 1 at https://ilocos.da.gov.ph/?page_id=3020 or (072) 2421045/ 1046 / [email protected] Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary William D. Dar. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, AFID FOI Receiving Office