With aid from Australia and Korea, in the next four to five years, Bohol will implement over P350-million worth of projects.
This after Gov. Erico Aumentado will sign this coming Friday separate MOAs with the Republic of Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica), and Australia through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) in rites to be held in Quezon City.
Aumentado and three other governors will sign with Managing Director Sung-ho Choi of Koica’s Economic Development Department, and Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap the records of discussion (R/D) for the construction of modern integrated rice processing and milling complexes (RPCs) in four provinces – Bohol, Iloilo, Pangasinan and Davao del Sur.
The project aims to raise the farmers’ incomes through better storage, processing and milling – and therefore less wastage. The RPC will be equipped with efficient and affordable drying, milling and processing facilities.
Bohol’s RPC will be located in Pilar town that is also the site of the Malinao Dam of the Bohol Irrigation Project Stage I (BHIP 1).
