To help farmers recover from losses during calamities, the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) region 2 has crossed regional boundaries just to offer insurance subsidy to farmer-beneficiaries in eastern towns of the Cordillera Administrative Region.Rodelia Pagaddu, head-marketing and sales division, said there are 8,370 farmers in Kalinga, Apayao and Ifugao towns who availed of the PCIC's Subsidized Agricultural Insurance Program for Priority Provinces (SAIP-PP). "The three provinces were among the top 20 priority provinces nationwide to be given crop insurance subsidy," she added.The SAIP-PP, she explained provides subsidy for poor farmers whose crops were damaged by natural calamities like flood, drought and typhoon.Pagaddu said the Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted P25 million to subsidize the payment of the insurance of the indentified beneficiaries.“This is an effort of the government to help poor farmers insure their agricultural crops which are very vulnerable to natural calamities and pest infestations,” Pagaddu said.She added that there are farmers who could not afford to sustain the payment of the insurance program. "The subsidy program solves their problem to secure their livelihood," Pagaddu told.Since Region 2 is not covered by the program, the PCIC Cagayan Valley took the initiative to serve the farmer-beneficiaries in the three provinces due to its proximity to the regional office.

Source - http://news.pia.gov.ph/