Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala (2nd from left) assures Mindanao local chief executives that the Department of Agriculture will continuously provide needed technical, marketing and infrastructure support to increase the productivity and incomes of farmers and fisherfolk, during the Mindanao cluster conference of the League Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), August 29, 2012, in Cagayan de Oro City. He said the DA has asked the World Bank to extend for another two years the implementation of the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP), and proposes to implement a Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) that will initially cover six regions (4A, 4B, 5, 6, 7 and 8) in Luzon and Visayas, and entire Mindanao. He is shown receiving a plaque of appreciation from LMP national president Mayor Donato Marcos of Paombong, Bulacan, as other LMP mayors look on. (Photo by Jose Lucas, DA Information Service)

Source: Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 7