Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar has allayed the fears of farmers over the transfer of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation to the Department of Finance .
“The fear of FFF is unfounded as the PCIC, with its transfer to the Department of Finance, as per Executive Order No. 148, will make the operations of the agency more efficient in fulfilling its mandate toward providing insurance protection to subsistence farmers and fisherfolk,” added Dar, who will serve as vice-chair of the reconstituted seven-man PCIC Board.
Dar, however, stressed that the coordination with the DOF “will be stronger than ever and enable our farmers and fisherfolk, through their representatives in the Board, to directly plead the case for greater support for agricultural insurance” with Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez as PCIC chair.
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