Philippines: 13,380 Mindanao Lumads Benefit From MRDP

Philippines: 13,380 Mindanao Lumads Benefit From MRDP Sherwin B. Manual, 2011   A total of 13,380 lumads or indigenous peoples in Mindanao benefited from livelihood projects of the antipoverty program of the Department of Agriculture (DA).   Based on the report on the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) submitted to DA Sec. Proceso J. Alcala, 27 percent of the total 49,537 individual beneficiaries of the program are indigenous peoples (IPs) who belong to the most marginalized sectors...

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