Officials of Mighty Corporation or Mighty Corp, the only
wholly Filipino-owned cigarette company, signed an agreement with organized
tobacco farmers in Northern Luzon to jointly pursue projects designed to uplift
the lives of local farmers and their families.
Mighty Corp President Edilberto P. Adan and Executive Vice
President Oscar P. Barrientos forged a deal 200 tobacco farmer leaders led by Mario
Cabasal, head of the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers and Cooperatives,
Inc. (NAFTAC) at a hotel in La Union recently.
The partnership was signed under the theme “Sama-sama Tayong
Pilipino sa Pagyabong ng Industriya ng Tabako” after a consultative meeting was
held between Mighty Corp and farmer-leaders from Pangasinan, La Union, Abra and
the Ilocos provinces.
Under the P10-million three-pronged programs that will help
tobacco farmers produce better quality tobacco, Mighty Corp will support farm
implements like irrigation pumps and tractors, sponsor new 100 college scholar
grants for the children of tobacco farmers and the promotion of the annual
search for outstanding tobacco farmers and cooperatives.
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.”
It was reported that through Wong Chu King Foundation
(WCKF),the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of Mighty Ciorp., the
company turned over 16 units of hand tractors worth P2.5 million and 90 units
of water pumps worth P1.1 million to chapter delegations from the seven
tobacco-producing provinces in Northern Luzon.
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