Mighty Corporation Distributes Hand Tractors and Water Pumps to North Luzon Farmers

Local cigarette manufacturer Mighty Corporation or Mighty Corp signed a 10 million pesos three-pronged programs to help farmers produce better quality tobacco.

Present during the official signing of the memorandum of agreement were MIghty Corp President Edilberto Adan, Mighty Corp Executive Vice President Oscar Barrientos and the President of the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers and Cooperative, Inc. (NAFTAC) Mario Cabasal.

The program includes the distribution of support farm implements such as irrigation pumps and tractors, the sponsoring of 100 college scholar grants for the sons and daughters of tobacco farmers and the institutional support for the annual search for outstanding tobacco farmers and cooperatives.

“We are happy that Mighty Corporation has stood firm on its commitments 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 Cabasal after the signing of the agreement.

The highlight of the event was the formal turn-over ceremony of 16 units of hand tractors worth P2.5 million and 90 units of water pumps worth P1.1 million to chapter delegations from the seven tobacco-producing provinces in Northern Luzon.