Department of Agriculture(DA)

November 4, 2022 Dear Nerissa Mae Santos, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Oct 29, 2022 03:42:00 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for RCEF Beneficiariesin San Miguel, Bulacan. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. As of October 5, the total number of registered farmers in Bulacan is 31, 184 In relation to your query on RCEF, we cannot provide the names and location because it is under Data Privacy Act and the consent form signed by the farmers when they registered in the RSBSA. The consent tell that their names will used by the Department as basis for the beneficiaries of its program. May we provide you with the count of beneficiaries in Bulacan under the Programs of Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), to wit: · Seeds Program – 95,044 individual farmers received inbred seeds · Mechanization Program – 150 farmers cooperatives and associations received farm machineries · Extension Program – 246 specialists trained, 3,768 trainers trained, 21,706 farmers trained, and 454 extension intermediaries trained · Rice Farmers Financial Assistance Program – 27,273 individual farmers received cash subsidy PLease note that our data is limited to regional and provincial level only. For city and municipality, the data is handled by their respective local government unit specifically their Municipal/City Agriculture Office. We would love to hear your thoughts or feedback on how we can improve your experience! Please fill-out our feedback form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchzbbITmW4FC76cwjGO8Hq7r4GPcaHU5IsmyflxtS2j7qDzg/viewform?usp=sf_link 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 [email protected]. 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