Philippines Pcic Siquijor Tender

The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation PCIC continues to encourage farmers to avail of the free insurance program that covers crop livestock fisheries and other non-crop agricultural assets and machineries amid the COVID-19 pandemic.This was announced by PCIC-Siquijor Provincial Team Head Janice Yuson during the recent Straight from the Source interview with the Philippine Information Agency PIA and the Department of Information and Communications Technology DICT here.Under PCICs existing agriculture insurance program farmers and fisherfolks listed in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture RSBSA are provided with free crop insurance coverage. The premium payment for their crop insurance is fully paid by the government.Yuson said that applications will be facilitated by its partners from the municipal agricultural offices MAOs in the six local government units.She thanked the farmers and the Municipal Agriculturists and agricultural technicians of the six local government units LGUs for their continued support to PCIC and its programs.RSBSA covers rice corn high value crops livestock cattle carabao goat swine fattening swine breeding horse non-crop agricultural assets and fisheries for insurance coverage.It allows farmers an insurance claim of up to P20000 per hectare of rice and corn farmland while high-value crop insurance coverage is based on the amount spent from the procurement of seeds up to the time of harvest.Amount covered for coconut mango trees and banana is at P500 P3000 and P100 per tree respectively with a maximum of 100 trees and not exceeding P50000 per hectare.Livestock insurance program which Yuson said has the biggest availment in the island covers cattle horse and carabao raising at P15000 per head swine fattening at P7000 per head goat raising at P3000 per head and poultry raising of which the amount covered depends on the market value.A bigger amount of P80000 is paid for hybrid livestock like milking cows among others.Farmers and fisherfolks can also avail of the PCIC life-term insurance at a minimal cost of P375 per year to cover P50000 for accidental murder and natural death and P5000 burial assistance.They may apply at the respective Municipal Agricultural Office or at the PCIC-Siquijor office located at the 2nd floor of Siquijor Business Center Corner Mabini Sta. Fe Poblacion Siquijor Siquijor.