The 10 Million Twin-Project commitment of cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corporation or Mighty Corp to boost tobacco farmers production and increase their income is already well on its way.
The commitment which was announced last February 8 during a consultative meeting held in San Fernando Launion between Mighty Corporation and some 200 tobacco farmer leaders in Pangasinan, La Union and the Ilocos provinces.
“We are grateful and we are looking forward to the firm commitments of Mighty Corporation to help the 65,000 strong tobacco farmers in the Philippines with their pronouncements this year to purchase 10 million kilograms of tobacco leaves and the P10-million outreach projects for tobacco farmers,” said Mario Cabasal, President of the National Federation of Tobacco Growers and Cooperatives (NFTGC).
Cabasal expressed elation after learning that Mighty Corporation has made commitments to initially buy at least 10 million kilograms of tobacco leaves and to purchase all the excess tobacco leaves that farmers could not sell to other buyers.
Cabasal also lauded Mighty Corporation's P10-million three-pronged programs to aid tobacco farmers which includes the donation of support farm implements like irrigation pumps and tractors, 200 college scholarship grants for the sons of daughters of tobacco farmers and institutional support for the annual search for outstanding tobacco farmers and cooperatives.
“Now that we are assured of an alternative market, besides other tobacco companies, our members will again be inspired to devote larger areas to the cultivation of Ilocandia’s most important cash crop,” Cabasal added.
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