Leaf farmers, Mighty firm up twin projects

MightyCorporation or Mighty Corp and the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers and Cooperatives (NFTFC) have signed an agreement to pursue joint projects designed to uplift the lives of tobacco farmers and their dependents in Northern Luzon.

The Bulacan-based cigarette manufacturer owned by the Wongchuking family was represented by its top executives namely President Edilberto P. Adan and Executive Vice President Oscar P. Barrientos while NFTFC was led by its National President Mario Cabasal.

Under a banner theme “Sama-sama Tayong Pilipino sa Pagyabong ng Industriya ng Tabako,” 200 farmer leaders in Pangasinan, La Union, Abra and the Ilocos provinces and Mighty Corp agreed to implement  the twin P10-million projects of the new major player in the cigarette industry.

It was agreed that Mighty Corp will implement a P10-million three-pronged programs that includes donation of support farm implements like irrigation pumps and tractors, sponsoring new 100 college scholar grants for the sons and daughters of tobacco farmers and the institutional support for the annual search for outstanding tobacco farmers and cooperatives.

During the signing of the agreement held in a hotel in La Union, Mighty Corp, through its corporate service responsibility (CSR)  Wong Chu King Foundation (WCKF), handed 16 units of hand tractors worth P2.5 million and 90 units of water pumps worth P1.1 million to chapter delegations from seven provinces in Northern Luzon.

Cabasal said, “We are happy that  Mighty Corporation has stood firm on its commitments to help the 65,000 strong tobacco farmers in the Philippines with their pronouncements this year to purchase 10-million kilograms of tobacco leaves and the P10-million outreach projects for tobacco farmers.”