More than 500 onion farmers are expected to benefit from the P193.6 million-worth facility under the Philippine Rural Development Project Scale-Up, following the subproject’s groundbreaking ceremony in Barangay Bersamin, Alcala, Pangasinan.
Leading the groundbreaking ceremony on April 4, 2025 are Department of Agriculture assistant secretary for operations U-Nichols Manalo, DA assistant secretary for logistics Daniel Alfonso Atayde, DA-PRDP North Luzon project support officer director Elma Mananes, DA-RFO 1 director John Pascual, DA-RFO1 regional technical director for operations Dennis Tactac and Alcala Mayor Jojo Callejo.